†Spiniphora schmitzi Brues 1939 (scuttle fly)
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Alternative combination: Paraspiniphora schmitzi
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1939. Fossil Phoridae in Baltic amber. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 85:413-436
Belongs to Spiniphora according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994
See also Brues 1939
Sister taxa: Spiniphora cockerelli, Spiniphora concitata, Spiniphora corrupta, Spiniphora eoconcinna, Spiniphora impedita, Spiniphora parvipalpata, Spiniphora petulans, Spiniphora transita
Type specimen: MCZ 8114, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (MCZ collection)
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