Gemmaphora numerosa 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 Gemmaphora according to M. B. Mostovski 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3311/649, 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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