Rhoptrocera Hong 1981 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1981. Eocene Fossil Diptera Insecta in Amber of Fushun Coalfield 1-166

Parent taxon: Phorinae according to Y. C. Hong 2002

See also Hong 2002

Sister taxa: Abaristophora, Aenigmatistes, Anevrina, Caenophorites, Chaetocnemistoptera, Chaetopleurophora, Conicera, Diplonevra, Fushuniclavicornia, Fushunophoritis, Godavaria, Huaxiaphoritis, Hypocera, Phora, Spiniphora, Triphleba, Xenotriphleba

Subtaxa: Rhoptrocera eocenica

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection) (Eocene of China)

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