Subfamily Limosininae Frey 1921 (lesser dung fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Sphaeroceridae

Full reference: R. Frey. 1921. Studien über den Bau des Mundes der niederen Diptera Schizophora nebst Bemerkungen über die Systematik dieser Dipterengruppe. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 48(3):1-245

Parent taxon: Sphaeroceridae according to J. Roháček et al. 2001

See also Marshall 1999

Sister taxa: Copromyzinae, Sphaerocerinae

Subtaxa: Opalimosina Pullimosina Spelobia Telomerina Xenolimosina

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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