†Metopina goeleti Grimaldi 1989 (scuttle fly)
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Full reference: D. Grimaldi. 1989. The genus Metopina (Diptera: Phoridae) from Cretaceous and Tertiary ambers. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97(1):65-72
Belongs to Metopina according to B. V. Brown 1999
See also Grimaldi 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH C88720, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, Delaware River, Kinkora, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial amber in New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, Delaware River, Kinkora
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