Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: W. Hennig. 1971. Insektenfossilien aus der unteren Kreide III. Empidiformia ("Microphorinae") aus der unteren Kreide und aus dem Baltischen Bernstein; ein Vertreter der Cyclorrhapha aus der unteren Kreide. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 232:1-28
Parent taxon: Dolichopodidae according to D. Badano et al. 2023
See also Carpenter 1992, Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Hennig 1971, Jouault et al. 2020, Perrichot and Engel 2014, Shamshev and Perkovsky 2022 and Tkoč et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Achalcinae, Anepsiomyia, Archichrysotus, 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, Neurigoninae, Parathalassiinae, Peloropeodinae, Pristinmicrophor, Prosystenus, Rajpardia, Rhaphiinae, Sciapodinae, Sciara pusilla, Sympycninae, Systenus ciliatus, Thinophilus piraticus, Thrypticus sobrius, Xanthochlorinae
Subtaxa: Microphorites deploegi Microphorites erikai Microphorites extinctus Microphorites magaliae Microphorites moravicus Microphorites oculeus Microphorites pouilloni Microphorites similis Microphorites utrillensis
Type: Microphorites extinctus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of the Czech Republic (1)
• Cretaceous of France (2), Lebanon (2), Myanmar (2), Spain (1)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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