Aenigmatias bisetosus Brown 2007 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Alternative combination: Chaetopleurophora bisetosa

Full reference: B. V. Brown. 2007. Novel character states in fossil species of modern phorid genera (Diptera: Phoridae). Studia Dipterologica 14:107-116

Belongs to Aenigmatias according to B. V. Brown 2016

See also Brown 2007

Sister taxa: Aenigmatias kishenehnensis, Aenigmatias longicornis, Aenigmatias nigeroticus, Aenigmatias primitivus, Aenigmatias tertiarius

Type specimen: LACM ENT 159624, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (LACM coll), 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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