Dohrniphora poinari Disney 1987 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: R. H. L. Disney. 1987. Four species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from Dominican amber. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 63:377-380

Belongs to Dohrniphora according to R. H. L. Disney 1987

Sister taxa: Dohrniphora calvata, Dohrniphora kraemergabi, Dohrniphora mexicana, Dohrniphora minoris, Dohrniphora paleocircularis, Dohrniphora processa, Dohrniphora quasicornuta, Dohrniphora quinti, Dohrniphora saepis, Dohrniphora translucendi, Dohrniphora volkswageni

Type specimen: Poinar D-7-51, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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