Myriophora Brown 1992 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: B. V. Brown. 1992. Generic revision of Phoridae of the Nearctic Region and phylogenetic classification of Phoridae, Sciadoceridae, and Ironomyiidae (Diptera: Phoridea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Supplement 164:1-144

Parent taxon: Metopininae according to E. Hartop et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Apocephalus, Gymnophora, Gymnophorini, Latiarista, Megaselia, Metopinini, Puliciphora, Sinophoritis

Subtaxa: Myriophora asiatica

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Zhangpu amber (Miocene of China)

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