Prophora Grimaldi 2018 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi. 2018. Basal Cyclorrhapha in amber from the Cretaceous and Tertiary (Insecta: Diptera), and their relationships: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber part IX. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 423:1-97

Parent taxon: Phoridae according to D. A. Grimaldi 2018

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

Subtaxa: Prophora dimorion

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Type: Prophora dimorion

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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