Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Alternative spelling: Hercostomus (Prohercostomus)
Synonym: Sympycnites Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Full reference: I. Y. Grichanov. 1997. Prohercostomus, a New Subgenus of the Genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Baltic Amber. Paleontological Journal 31(5):520-522
Parent taxon: Dolichopodinae according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023
See also Bickel 2022, Grichanov 1997, Grichanov 2000 and Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Sister taxa: Arpactodolichopodites, Convexivertex, Dolichopus, Eoeuryopterites, Gymnopternus, Hercostomus, Leptodolichopodites, Orbicapitis, Wangia
Subtaxa: Prohercostomus bickeli Prohercostomus ciliatus Prohercostomus devinctus Prohercostomus gracilis Prohercostomus interceptus Prohercostomus intremulus Prohercostomus inumbratus Prohercostomus meunierianus Prohercostomus minutus Prohercostomus monotonus Prohercostomus morbosus Prohercostomus negotiosus Prohercostomus noxialis
Type: Dolichopus noxialis
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections), Ukraine (1)
Total: 4 collections including 19 occurrences
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