Prioriphora cheburashka Mostovski 1999 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: M. B. Mostovski. 1999. Curious Phoridae (Insecta, Diptera) found mainly in Cretaceous ambers. Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava 14(2):231-242

Belongs to Prioriphora according to M. B. Mostovski 1999

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

Type specimen: PIN 3730/25, an exoskeleton (male fly). Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Baikura-Neru Gulf (PIN Collection 3730), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Baikura-Neru Gulf (PIN Collection 3730)

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