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Microphorites erikai

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy
Microphorites erikai was named by Bramuzzo and Nel (2017). Its type specimen is MNHN PA 979, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Microphorites erikai Bramuzzo and Nel p. 573 figs. 1-4
2022Microphorites erikai Shamshev and Perkovsky p. 418

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
superfamilyEmpidoideaLatreille 1804
familyDolichopodidaeLatreille 1809
genusMicrophorites
specieserikai

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.

†Microphorites erikai Bramuzzo and Nel 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available