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Subfamily Microphorinae Collin 1960 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

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

See also Grimaldi and Cumming 1999, Jouault et al. 2020, Nel et al. 2004, Perrichot and Engel 2014, Shamshev and Perkovsky 2022, Sinclair and Cumming 2006, Tang et al. 2019 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, Microphorites, Neurigoninae, Parathalassiinae, Peloropeodinae, Pristinmicrophor, Prosystenus, Rajpardia, Rhaphiinae, Sciapodinae, Sciara pusilla, Sympycninae, Systenus ciliatus, Thinophilus piraticus, Thrypticus sobrius, Xanthochlorinae

Subtaxa: Curvus Meghyperiella Microphor Microphorini Schistostoma

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Type: Microphor

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (2)

• Cretaceous of Jordan (1), Myanmar (1)

Total: 7 collections including 10 occurrences

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