Metopina Macquart 1835 (scuttle fly)
PaleoDB taxon number: 193794
Synonym: Pseudometopina Disney 1994 (taxon 222603)
Parent taxon: Phoridae according to M. M. Solórzano Kraemer 2007
Sister taxa: Abaristophora, Aenigmatias, Aenigmatiinae, Aenigmatistes, Anevrina, Chaetocnemistoptera, Chaetopleurophora, Conicera, Diplonevra, Dohrniphora, Electrophora, Eophora, Godavaria, Gymnophora, Hypoceridites, Hypocerinae, Jealia, Limulomyia, Megasella, Metopininae, Pararhoptrocera, Paraspiniphora, Phora, Phorinae, Prioriphorinae, Prophora, Pseudaenigmatias, Puliciphora, Sciadocerinae, Spiniphora, Triphleba, Xenotriphleba
Subtaxa: Metopina goeleti
Ecology: