Apocephalus Coquillett 1901 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: D. W. Coquillett. 1901. Taxonomic names, in The ant-decapitating fly. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4:497-501

Parent taxon: Metopininae according to B. V. Brown et al. 2015

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

Subtaxa: Apocephalus chiapanecus Apocephalus dominicanus Apocephalus miocenus Apocephalus succineus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6 collections), Mexico (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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