Scatopse primula Cook 1971 (minute black scavenger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae

Full reference: E. F. Cook. 1971. Fossil Scatopsidae in Mexican amber (Diptera: Insecta). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:57-61

Belongs to Scatopse according to E. F. Cook 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 12678, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-5103, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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