Alternative combination: Megaselia bernsteinae
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 Megaselia (Megaselia) according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Disney 1987
Sister taxa: Megaselia (Megaselia) amberae, Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina, Megaselia (Megaselia) dominicana, Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia, Megaselia (Megaselia) exporrecta, Megaselia (Megaselia) inflata, Megaselia (Megaselia) insolita, Megaselia (Megaselia) lauta, Megaselia (Megaselia) multipalpulata, Megaselia (Megaselia) sepulta, Megaselia (Megaselia) uncifera, Megaselia (Megaselia) veterana
Type specimen: Poinar D-7-52, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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