†Triphleba praeterita Brues 1939 (scuttle fly)
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Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1939. Fossil Phoridae in Baltic amber. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 85:413-436
Belongs to Triphleba according to C. T. Brues 1939
Sister taxa: Triphleba hoffeinsorum, Triphleba schulmanae, Triphleba territa
Type specimen: MCZ 8116, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (MCZ collection)
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