Aenigmatias kishenehnensis Brown 2019 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: B. V. Brown. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(2.50A):1-56

Belongs to Aenigmatias according to B. V. Brown 2019

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

Type specimen: USNM 625132, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)

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