Spiniphora transita Brues 1923 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Alternative combinations: Dohrniphora transita, Paraspiniphora transita

Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1923. Two new species of Phoridae from Baltic Amber. Psyche 30(2):59-62

Belongs to Spiniphora according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Brues 1923 and Brues 1939

Sister taxa: Spiniphora cockerelli, Spiniphora concitata, Spiniphora corrupta, Spiniphora eoconcinna, Spiniphora impedita, Spiniphora parvipalpata, Spiniphora petulans, Spiniphora schmitzi

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

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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