Microphor defunctus Handlirsch 1910

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combination: Microphorus defunctus

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1910. Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(3):93-129

Belongs to Microphor according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Handlirsch 1910

Sister taxa: Microphor eocenica, Microphor rusticus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion bluff, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine horizon in the Allenby Formation of Canada

Distribution: found only at Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion bluff

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