Avenaphora
| Avenaphora Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Microphorinae |
| Genus: | †Avenaphora Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Avenaphora hispida Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[1]
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Avenaphora is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from the Cretaceous of Lebanon and France.[1][2]
Species
- †Avenaphora gallica Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2016[2]
- †Avenaphora hispida Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[1]
References
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Nel, André; Garrouste, Romain; Daugeron, Christophe (2017). "Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Cretaceous Research. 69: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009.
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