Subfamily Phorinae Newman 1834 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Synonyms: Aenigmatiinae, Hypocerinae Lioy 1864

Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431

Parent taxon: Neophorida according to B. V. Brown et al. 2015

See also Brown 1999, Brown 1999 and Hong 2002

Sister taxon: Metopininae

Subtaxa: Abaristophora Aenigmatistes Anevrina Caenophorites Chaetocnemistoptera Chaetopleurophora Conicera Diplonevra Fushuniclavicornia Fushunophoritis Godavaria Huaxiaphoritis Hypocera Phora Rhoptrocera Spiniphora Triphleba Xenotriphleba

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Type: Phora

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Madagascar (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Germany (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of China (2), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Colorado)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Czech Republic (1)

Total: 20 collections including 58 occurrences

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