Archichrysotus Negrobov 1978 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Full reference: O. P. Negrobov. 1978. Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia. Paleontological Journal 12(2):221-228

Parent taxon: Dolichopodidae according to D. Badano et al. 2023

See also Carpenter 1992, Cumming and Greenwalt 2022, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 and Negrobov 1978

Sister taxa: Achalcinae, Anepsiomyia, Argyra debellata, Argyra debilis, Argyra deceptoria, Avenaphora, Chrysotus setosus, Condylostylus, Cretomicrophorus, Diaphorinae, Dolichopodinae, Electrochoreutes, Eodolichopoditinae, Gujaratmyia, Hydrophorinae, Hygroceleuthus titanus, Lyroneurus venustus, Medetera frauenfeldi, Medeterinae, Medeterus, Microphorinae, Microphorites, Neurigoninae, Parathalassiinae, Peloropeodinae, Pristinmicrophor, Prosystenus, Rajpardia, Rhaphiinae, Sciapodinae, Sciara pusilla, Sympycninae, Systenus ciliatus, Thinophilus piraticus, Thrypticus sobrius, Xanthochlorinae

Subtaxa: Archichrysotus hennigi Archichrysotus incompletus Archichrysotus manitobus Archichrysotus minor

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Type: Archichrysotus hennigi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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