†Aenigmatias tertiarius Brues 1939 (scuttle fly)
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Alternative combination: Protoplatyphora tertiaria
Synonym: Protophorites fimbriatus Brues 1939
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1939. Fossil Phoridae in Baltic amber. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 85:413-436
Belongs to Aenigmatias according to B. V. Brown 2016
See also Brown 1999 and Brues 1939
Sister taxa: Aenigmatias bisetosus, Aenigmatias kishenehnensis, Aenigmatias longicornis, Aenigmatias nigeroticus, Aenigmatias primitivus
Type specimens:
- Aenigmatias tertiarius: MCZ 8123, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Protophorites fimbriatus: MCZ 8121, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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