Microphorinae
Appearance
Microphorinae Temporal range:
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Microphor holosericeus, female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Microphorinae Collin, 1960 |
Genera | |
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Microphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, though it was previously considered a family of its own.[1]
Genera
- †Avenaphora Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2]
- †Curvus Kaddumi, 2005 Jordanian amber, Albian
- †Meghyperiella Meunier, 1908 Baltic amber, Eocene
- Microphor Macquart, 1827
- †Microphorites Hennig, 1971 Early Cretaceous-Eocene
- †Pristinmicrophor Tang, Shi, Wang & Yang, 2019[3] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- Schistostoma Becker, 1902
References
- ^ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1180: 1–172. ISBN 1-877407-80-1. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tang, Chufei; Shi, Chao; Wang, Shuo; Yang, Ding (2019). "The first report of Dolichopodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 104: Article 104179. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.07.009.
External links
- Data related to Microphorinae at Wikispecies