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Phoridae (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Phoridae Newman p. 396
1944Eophora Handschin p. 16
1992Phoridae Carpenter
2011Phoridae Wiegmann et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
superfamilyPlatypezoideaFallen 1815
familyPhoridae
familyPhoridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Phoridae Newman 1834 [scuttle fly]
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G. Aenigmatias Meinert 1890
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†Aenigmatias bisetosus Brown 2007
†Aenigmatias primitivus Brown 2016
†Aenigmatias tertiarius Brues 1939
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Invalid names: Protophorites fimbriatus Brues 1939 [synonym]
Invalid names: Protophorites Brues 1939 [synonym], Protoplatyphora Brues 1939 [synonym]
G. Dohrniphora Dahl 1898
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†Dohrniphora calvata Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora kraemergabi Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora mexicana Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora minoris Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora paleocircularis Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora poinari Disney 1987
†Dohrniphora processa Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora quasicornuta Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora quinti Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora saepis Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora translucendi Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
†Dohrniphora volkswageni Solórzano Kraemer and Brown 2018
G. †Electrophora Brues 1939
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†Electrophora persetosa Brues 1939
Unr. Euphorida Brown 2007
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Unr. Neophorida Brown et al. 2015
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Subfm. Metopininae Peterson 1887
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G. Apocephalus Coquillett 1901
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†Apocephalus chiapanecus Solórzano-Kraemer and Brown 2021
†Apocephalus dominicanus Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021
†Apocephalus miocenus Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021
†Apocephalus succineus Brown 2000
G. Gymnophora Macquart 1835
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†Gymnophora tertiara Statz 1940
Tr. Gymnophorini Enderlein 1924
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G. Phalacrotophora Enderlein 1912
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G. Myriophora Brown 1992
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†Myriophora asiatica Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021
G. Puliciphora Dahl 1897
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†Puliciphora rontaleri Disney 1996
Invalid names: Latiarista Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Metopinini Peterson 1987 [empty], Sinophoritis Hong 2002 [nomen nudum]
Subfm. Phorinae Newman 1834
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G. Abaristophora Schmitz 1927
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G. Aenigmatistes Shelford 1908
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†Aenigmatistes studlovensis Prokop and Nel 2005
G. Anevrina Lioy 1864
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†Aneurina oligocoenica Brues 1939
†Anevrina huberti Prokop and Nel 2005
†Anevrina shoumayae Brown 2013
G. Chaetocnemistoptera Borgmeier 1923
G. Chaetopleurophora Schmitz 1922
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G. Conicera Meigen 1830
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†Conicera eocenica Meunier 1910
G. Diplonevra Lioy 1864
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†Diploneura loewi Brues 1923
†Diploneura maxima Dürrenfeldt 1968
†Diploneura simplicior Brues 1939
†Diplonevra abducta Meunier 1910
†Diplonevra ablata Meunier 1910
†Diplonevra alaceris Meunier 1910
†Diplonevra eridana Meunier 1910
†Diplonevra meunieri Brues 1939
†Diplonevra trepida Meunier 1910
†Diplonevra vetusta Meunier 1910
†Diplonevra vincta Meunier 1910
G. †Fushuniclavicornia Hong 2002
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G. †Fushunophoritis Hong 2002
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G. Godavaria Brown 1992
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†Godavaria meunieri Brues 1939
G. †Huaxiaphoritis Hong 2002
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G. Hypocera Lioy 1864
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†Hypocera electra Brues 1939
†Hypocera miriamae Brown 2007
†Hypocera oschini Brown 1999
G. Phora Latreille 1796
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†Phora hybosa Hong 1981
†Phora inclusa Meunier 1910
†Phora labiosa Meunier 1910
†Phora tumbae Melander 1949
G. †Rhoptrocera Hong 1981
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†Rhoptrocera eocenica Hong 1981
G. Spiniphora Malloch 1909
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†Spiniphora cockerelli Brues 1908
†Spiniphora concitata Meunier 1910
†Spiniphora corrupta Meunier 1910
†Spiniphora eoconcinna Borgmeier 1968
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Invalid names: Phora concinna Meunier 1910 [replaced]
†Spiniphora impedita Meunier 1910
†Spiniphora petulans Meunier 1910
†Spiniphora schmitzi Brues 1939
†Spiniphora transita Brues 1923
G. Triphleba Rondani 1856
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†Triphleba hoffeinsorum Brown 2005
†Triphleba praeterita Brues 1939
†Triphleba schulmanae Brown 2003
†Triphleba territa Meunier 1910
G. Xenotriphleba Buck 1997
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†Xenotriphleba antiqua Brown 2009
Invalid names: Aenigmatiinae [synonym], Caenophorites Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Hypocerinae Lioy 1864 [synonym]
G. †Hypoceridites Brues 1939
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G. †Jealia Brown 2009
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†Jealia pulcherrima Brown 2009
G. †Limulomyia Brown 1999
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†Limulomyia tyche Brown 1999
G. †Megasella Paetel 1875
G. Metopina Macquart 1835
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†Metopina goeleti Grimaldi 1989
Invalid names: Pseudometopina Disney 1994 [synonym]
G. †Pararhoptrocera Prokop and Nel 2005
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†Pararhoptrocera moravica Prokop and Nel 2005
G. Paraspiniphora Malloch 1912
Subfm. †Prioriphorinae Mostovski 1996
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G. †Agaphora Mostovski 1999
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†Agaphora iunior Mostovski 1999
†Agaphora rara Mostovski 1999
G. †Euliphora Arillo and Mostovski 1999
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†Euliphora grimaldii Arillo and Mostovski 1999
G. †Gemmaphora Mostovski 1999
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†Gemmaphora numerosa Mostovski 1999
G. †Maksika Mostovski 1999
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†Maksika dvija Mostovski 1999
†Maksika intermedia Brown and Pike 1990
G. †Prioriphora McAlpine and Martin 1966
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†Prioriphora canadambra McAlpine and Martin 1966
†Prioriphora casei Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
†Prioriphora cheburashka Mostovski 1999
†Prioriphora longicostalis Brown and Pike 1990
†Prioriphora luzzii Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
†Prioriphora polyankae Mostovski 1996
†Prioriphora schroederhohenwarthi Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2011
†Prioriphora setifemoralis Brown and Pike 1990
G. †Sciadophora McAlpine and Martin 1966
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†Sciadophora bostoni McAlpine and Martin 1966
G. †Varya Mostovski 1999
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†Varya lalita Mostovski 1999
G. †Prophora Grimaldi 2018
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†Prophora dimorion Grimaldi 2018
G. †Pseudaenigmatias Brown 2016
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Subfm. Sciadocerinae Schmitz 1929
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G. Archiphora Schmitz 1929
G. †Archisciada Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
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†Archisciada lebanensis Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
G. †Eosciadocera Hong 1981
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†Eosciadocera helodis Hong 1981
†Eosciadocera pauciseta Grimaldi 2018
†Eosciadocera setosa Brown 2002
G. †Hennigophora Brown 2007
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†Hennigophora pria Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
†Hennigophora robusta Meunier 1905
G. †Ulrichophora Brown 2007
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†Ulrichophora lobata Brown 2007
Invalid names: Eophora Handschin 1944 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Archisciada lebanensis (123017)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Sciadoceridae indet. (125795)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Euliphora grimaldii (108769)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Poitou-Charentes) Prioriphora schroederhohenwarthi (99114)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Russian Federation (Taymyr) Prioriphora cheburashka (104988)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Sciadocerinae indet., Prophora dimorion (111688)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Prophora dimorion (123113)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation Agaphora rara (35051)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Archiphora pria, Prioriphora luzzii, Prioriphora casei (110895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation Maksika dvija (122590) Prioriphora polyankae, Agaphora junior, Gemmaphora numerosa, Varya lalita (35056)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) Phoridae indet. (105375)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Prioriphora canadambra (122353) Prioriphora intermedia, Prioriphora setifemoralis (122354)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Prioriphora intermedia, Prioriphora longicostalis (122388) Sciadophora bostoni (122358)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Phoridae indet., Dohrniphora sp., Metopina goeleti (109025)
Paleocene - Middle Eocene66.0 - 37.71Czech Republic Pararhoptrocera moravica, Anevrina huberti, Aenigmatistes studlovensis (154314)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Caenophorites xilutianensis, Latiarista intermixta, Sinophoritis bikerkosa (124820) Phora hybosa, Chaetopleurophora longispina, Chaetopleurophora gastracanthoidis, Chaetopleurophora sinica, Rhoptrocera eocenica, Megaselia multipalpulata, Eosciadocera helodis (124530)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Aenigmatias kishenehnensis (117614)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Aenigmatias longicornis (124273) Ulrichophora lobata (124775)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Jealia pulcherrima, Limulomyia tyche, Ulrichophora lobata, Anevrina shoumayae, Hypocera oschini, Triphleba schulmanae, Aenigmatias sp., Aenigmatias primitivus, Aenigmatias tertiarius, Aenigmatias nigeroticus, Pseudaenigmatias ctenitibia, Hypocera electra, Hypocera miriamae, Chaetopleurophora bisetosa (124765) Triphleba hoffeinsorum, Eosciadocera setosa, Aenigmatias primitivus, Hypocera electra, Chaetopleurophora bisetosa (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Aphiochaeta inflata, Aphiochaeta sepulta, Aphiochaeta exporrecta, Aphiochaeta lauta, Phora alaceris, Phora petulans, Phora concitata, Phora concinna, Phora impedita, Phora eridana, Phora trepida (124073) Dohrniphora transita, Dohrniphora loewi, Napomyza robusta, Conicera eocenica, Aphiochaeta inflata, Aphiochaeta sepulta, Aphiochaeta exporrecta, Aphiochaeta insolita, Phora territa, Phora inclusa, Phora vetusta, Phora petulans, Phora impedita, Phora abducta, Phora ablata, Phora trepida, Phora vincta, Phora corrupta (123927) Eosciadocera pauciseta (123493) Limulomyia tyche (124005) Protoplatyphora tertiaria, Protophorites fimbriatus, Diploneura simplicior, Diploneura meunieri, Aneurina oligocoenica, Chaetocnemistoptera electra, Paraspiniphora transita, Paraspiniphora parvipalpata, Paraspiniphora schmitzi, Triphleba praeterita, Electrophora persetosa, Hypoceridites dubitatus, Megaselia uncifera, Megaselia veterana (124205) Triphleba sp. (125139) Ulrichophora lobata (151998) Xenotriphleba antiqua, Hypocera oschini (123420)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Triphleba schulmanae (122997)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Phora cockerelli (124624) Phora cockerelli, Paraspiniphora laminarum (106382) Phora laminarum, Phora tumbae (106381)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Phora sp. (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Phalacrotophora tertiaria (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Megaselia sp. (160861) Megaselia sp., Spiniphora sp., Eophora sp. (160862)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Megaselia sp., Metopina sp., Apocephalus chiapanecus, Abaristophora sp. (21977)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Dohrniphora mexicana (178482) Metopina sp. (124467 124474 124928 140215)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Abaristophora domicamberae, Puliciphora rontaleri (123422) Apocephalus dominicanus (152045) Apocephalus miocenus, Apocephalus succineus (122474) Apocephalus succineus (122473 159268) Dohrniphora poinari, Megaselia amberae, Megaselia bernsteinae, Megaselia dominicana (122472) Dohrniphora sp., Dohrniphora kraemergabi, Dohrniphora saepis, Dohrniphora translucendi, Dohrniphora quinti, Dohrniphora minoris, Dohrniphora calvata, Dohrniphora quasicornuta, Dohrniphora processa, Dohrniphora paleocircularis, Dohrniphora volkswageni, Apocephalus succineus (195100) Metopina sp., Apocephalus succineus (122982)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Myriophora asiatica (220273)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Diploneura maxima (109196)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Phora copalina, Phora ethiopia, Aphiochaeta praepedita, Aphiochaeta inclusa, Aphiochaeta infossa, Aphiochaeta obruta (140788) Phoridae indet. (234540)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ghana Aphiochaeta obstricta (152186)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Phora labiosa (151372) Phora sp., Aphiochaeta indistincta, Aphiochaeta inflata (152187)