†Apocephalus succineus Brown 2000 (scuttle fly)
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Full reference: B. V. Brown. 2000. Revision of the "Apocephalus miricauda-group" of ant-parasitizing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 482:1-62
Belongs to Apocephalus according to M. M. Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021
See also Brown 2000
Sister taxa: Apocephalus chiapanecus, Apocephalus dominicanus, Apocephalus miocenus
Type specimen: LACMIP 12785, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (LACM coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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