Cretomicrophorus
Appearance
Cretomicrophorus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Parathalassiinae |
Genus: | †Cretomicrophorus Negrobov, 1978[1] |
Type species | |
†Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi | |
Synonyms | |
Jantardachia Zherichin, 1978 |
Cretomicrophorus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia, France and the United States. The generic name is a combination of the Latin word creta ("chalk") and the generic name Microphorus.[1]
Species
The genus contains three species:
- †Cretomicrophorus novemundus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
- †Cretomicrophorus piolencensis Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017[3] – Piolenc amber, France, Santonian
- †Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian
References
- ^ a b c d Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" [Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia]. Paleontological Journal (in Russian). 12 (2): 221–228. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nel, André; Garrouste, Romain; Daugeron, Christophe (2017). "Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 69: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009. (PDF given is the manuscript version)
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.