†Procolobostema obscurum Cook 1971 (minute black scavenger fly)
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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 Procolobostema according to E. F. Cook 1971
Sister taxa: Procolobostema hurdi, Procolobostema incisum, Procolobostema roseni
Type specimen: UCMP 13100, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-4116, Palo Blanco mine, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-4116, Palo Blanco mine
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