Archocyrtus
Appearance
Archocyrtus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Subfamily: | †Archocyrtinae |
Genus: | †Archocyrtus Ussatchev, 1968 |
Type species | |
†Archocyrtus gibbosus Ussatchev, 1968
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Species | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Juracyrtus Nartshuk, 1996[2] |
Archocyrtus is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from compression fossils from the Middle Jurassic of Kazakhstan.[1]
Species
Two species belong to the genus Archocyrtus:
- †A. gibbosus Ussatchev, 1968
- †A. kovalevi (Nartshuk, 1996)[2][1]
References
- ^ a b c Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566.
- ^ a b Nartshuk, E. P. (1995). "A new fossil acrocerid fly from the Jurassic beds of Kazakhstan (Diptera: Acroceridae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 4 (2): 313–315.