Scaptomyza Hardy 1849 (fruit fly)

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

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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