Prohercostomus monotonus Meunier 1907 (long-legged fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combinations: Dolichopus monotonus, Hercostomus (Prohercostomus) monotonus

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidae de l’ambre de la Baltique, Part 3. Le Naturaliste, 2e Série 29:221-222

Belongs to Prohercostomus according to I. Y. Grichanov 2023

See also Evenhuis 1994, Grichanov 1997, Grichanov 2000, Meunier 1907 and Meunier 1908

Sister taxa: Prohercostomus bickeli, Prohercostomus ciliatus, Prohercostomus devinctus, Prohercostomus gracilis, Prohercostomus interceptus, Prohercostomus intremulus, Prohercostomus inumbratus, Prohercostomus meunierianus, Prohercostomus minutus, Prohercostomus morbosus, Prohercostomus negotiosus, Prohercostomus noxialis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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