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Microphor defunctus

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy
Microphorus defunctus was named by Handlirsch (1910). It is an impression. Its type locality is Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion bluff, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine horizon in the Allenby Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Microphor defunctus by Evenhuis (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Microphorus defunctus Handlirsch p. 124 figs. 32, 33
1994Microphor defunctus Evenhuis

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderDiptera
RankNameAuthor
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyDolichopodidaeLatreille 1809
subfamilyMicrophorinaeCollin 1960
genusMicrophorMacquart 1827
speciesdefunctus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Microphor defunctus Handlirsch 1910
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Diagnosis
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