Aenigmatias Meinert 1890 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Synonyms: Protophorites Brues 1939, Protoplatyphora Brues 1939

Parent taxon: Phoridae according to B. V. Brown 2016

See also Brown 1999, Brown et al. 2015, Brues 1939 and Carpenter 1992

Sister taxa: Dohrniphora, Electrophora, Eophora, Euphorida, Hypoceridites, Jealia, Limulomyia, Megasella, Metopina, Pararhoptrocera, Paraspiniphora, Prioriphorinae, Prophora, Pseudaenigmatias, Sciadocerinae

Subtaxa: Aenigmatias bisetosus Aenigmatias kishenehnensis Aenigmatias longicornis Aenigmatias nigeroticus Aenigmatias primitivus Aenigmatias tertiarius

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: Montana)

Total: 5 collections including 11 occurrences

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