Scaptomyza Hardy 1849 (fruit fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Drosophilidae
Parent taxon: Drosophilini according to A. Yassin 2013
See also Grimaldi 1987 and Grimaldi 1990
Sister taxa: Drosophila, Hirtodrosophila, Miomyia
Subtaxa: Scaptomyza dominicana
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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