Prohercostomus
| Prohercostomus Temporal range: Eocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | †Prohercostomus Grichanov, 1997[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Dolichopus noxialis Meunier, 1907
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Sympycnites Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[4] | |
Prohercostomus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber from the Eocene. It was originally created as a subgenus of Hercostomus, but was later raised to genus rank.[5]
Species
[edit]- †Prohercostomus bickeli (Evenhuis, 1994)
- †Prohercostomus interceptus (Meunier, 1907)[6]
- †Prohercostomus intremulus (Meunier, 1907)[6]
- †Prohercostomus meunierianus (Evenhuis, 1994)
- †Prohercostomus monotonus (Meunier, 1907)[6]
- †Prohercostomus negotiosus (Meunier, 1907)[6][7]
- †Prohercostomus noxialis (Meunier, 1907)[6][7] (synonym: Sympycnites primaevus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (1997). "Prohercostomus, a new subgenus of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber". Paleontological Journal. 31 (5): 520–522.
- ^ a b Bickel, D. J.; Martin, J.; Agnihotri, P.; Singh, H. (2022). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch Basins, India". Palaeoentomology. 5 (5): 475–486. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9. S2CID 252472963.
- ^ Ulrich, H. (2004). "Phylogenetic considerations about an early colonization of the sea coasts by Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica. 11 (1): 233–243. Abstract
- ^ Grimaldi, David A.; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (1999). "Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (239): 1–124. hdl:2246/1583.
- ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2000). "Notes on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Ukrainian and Baltic amber". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 11 (3): 129–131.
- ^ a b c d e Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 221–222.
- ^ a b Meunier, F. (1908). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 22 (30): 45–46.
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.
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