Prioriphora polyankae Mostovski 1996 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: M. B. Mostovski. 1996. A new species of phoromorph dipteran (Diptera, Phoromorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous of eastern Siberia. Paleontological Journal 30:436-439

Belongs to Prioriphora according to M. B. Mostovski 1999

See also Mostovski 1996

Sister taxa: Prioriphora canadambra, Prioriphora casei, Prioriphora cheburashka, Prioriphora longicostalis, Prioriphora luzzii, Prioriphora schroederhohenwarthi, Prioriphora setifemoralis

Type specimen: PIN 3311/635, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)

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