Subfamily Microphorinae Collin 1960 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Parent taxon: Dolichopodidae according to H. Zhang and Y. Wang 2025

See also Badano et al. 2023, 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, Neurigoninae, Parathalassiinae, Peloropeodinae, Pristinmicrophor, Prosystenus, Rajpardia, Rhaphiinae, Sciapodinae, Sciara pusilla, Sympycninae, Systenus ciliatus, Thinophilus piraticus, Thrypticus sobrius, Xanthochlorinae

Subtaxa: Curvus Meghyperiella Microphor Microphorini Microphorites Schistostoma

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Type: Microphor

Ecology:

Distribution:

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

• Paleocene to Eocene of Czechia (1)

• Cretaceous of Ecuador (1), France (2), Jordan (1), Lebanon (2), Myanmar (4), Spain (1)

Total: 18 collections including 24 occurrences

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