†Triphleba hoffeinsorum Brown 2005 (scuttle fly)
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Full reference: B. V. Brown. 2005. A new Baltic amber Triphleba Rondani with greatly enlarged palpi (Diptera: Phoridae). Studia Dipterologica 11:549-552
Belongs to Triphleba according to B. V. Brown 2005
Sister taxa: Triphleba praeterita, Triphleba schulmanae, Triphleba territa
Type specimen: Hoffeins 1479, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
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