Prohercostomus minutus Meunier 1907

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Alternative combinations: Dolichopus minutus, Hygroceleuthus minuta

Synonyms: Dolichopus smicrus Meuffels and Grootaert 1999 [objective synonym], Prohercostomus smicrus Meuffels and Grootaert 1999 [objective synonym]

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, Meuffels and Grootaert 1999, Meunier 1907 and Meunier 1908

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

Type specimens:

  • Prohercostomus minutus: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
  • Prohercostomus smicrus:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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