Megaselia (Megaselia) lauta Meunier 1910 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Alternative combination: Aphiochaeta lauta

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1910. Monographie der Leptiden und der Phoriden des Bernsteins. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 30(2):64-90

Belongs to Megaselia (Megaselia) according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Meunier 1910

Sister taxa: Megaselia (Megaselia) amberae, Megaselia (Megaselia) bernsteinae, Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina, Megaselia (Megaselia) dominicana, Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia, Megaselia (Megaselia) exporrecta, Megaselia (Megaselia) inflata, Megaselia (Megaselia) insolita, Megaselia (Megaselia) multipalpulata, Megaselia (Megaselia) sepulta, Megaselia (Megaselia) uncifera, Megaselia (Megaselia) veterana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Klebs collection

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