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Microphorella

Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae

Taxonomy
Microphorus (Microphorella) was named by Becker (1909). It is extant.

It was reranked as Microphorella by Cumming and Greenwalt (2022).

It was assigned to Microphorus by Becker (1909); and to Parathalassiinae by Cumming and Greenwalt (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Microphorus (Microphorella) Becker p. 25
2022Microphorella Cumming and Greenwalt p. 33

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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
subfamilyParathalassiinae()
genusMicrophorella()

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.

G. Microphorella Becker 1909
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Microphorella fragilis Cumming and Greenwalt 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) M. fragilis (135666)