Microphorites

<i>Microphorites</i>

Microphorites

Extinct Genus of Dolichopodid flies

Microphorites is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1]

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Species

  • †Microphorites deploegi Nel, Perrichot, Daugeron & Néraudeau, 2004[2] Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian
  • †Microphorites erikai Bramuzzo & Nel, 2017[3] Oise amber, France, Ypresian
  • †Microphorites extinctus Hennig, 1971 Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • †Microphorites magaliae Perrichot & Engel, 2014[4] Vendée amber, France, Turonian
  • †Microphorites moravicus Tkoč, Nel & Prokop, 2016[5] Studlov amber, Czech Republic, Paleocene
  • †Microphorites oculeus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[6] Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • †Microphorites pouilloni Ngô-Muller & Nel in Ngô-Muller, Garrouste, Pouillon & Nel, 2020[7] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Microphorites similis Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[6] Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • †Microphorites utrillensis Peñalver in Arillo, Peñalver & Delclòs, 2008[8] San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Spain, Albian

References

  1. [1]
    Shamshev, I. V.; Perkovsky, E. E. (2022). "A review of fossil taxa of Microphorinae (Diptera, Dolichopodidae sensu lato), with redescription of the Eocene genus Meghyperiella Meunier". Zootaxa. 5150 (3): 411–427. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.6. S2CID 249480881.
  2. [2]
    Nel, André; Perrichot, Vincent; Daugeron, Christophe; Néraudeau, Didier (2004). "A new Microphorites in the Lower Cretaceous amber of the Southwest of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, "Microphorinae")". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 40 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1080/00379271.2004.10697401.
  3. [3]
    Bramuzzo, Simone; Nel, André (2017). "Youngest representative of the extinct genus Microphorites in the Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae)". Zootaxa. 4231 (4): 590–594. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.11. PMID 28264410.
  4. [4]
    Perrichot, Vincent; Engel, Michael S. (2014). "Youngest Occurrence of the Genus Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): A New Species in Late Cretaceous Vendean Amber" (PDF). Paleontological Contributions (10G): 30–33. doi:10.17161/PC.1808.15987.
  5. [5]
    Tkoč, Michal; Nel, André; Prokop, Jakub (2016). "Discovery of a new species of the Cretaceous genus Microphorites Hennig, 1971 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae s. lat.) in Paleogene amber from eastern Moravia (Czech Republic)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 47 (2): 181–193. doi:10.1163/1876312X-47022139.
  6. [6]
    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.
  7. [7]
    Ngô-Muller, Valerie; Garrouste, Romain; Pouillon, Jean-Marc; Nel, André (2020). "A new species of the long-legged fly genus Microphorites in Burmese amber (Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae)". Cretaceous Research. 107: Article 104284. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104284.
  8. [8]
    Arillo, Antonio; Peñalver, Enrique; Delclòs, Xavier (2008). "Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Spain), and the co-occurrence of two ceratopogonid species in Spanish amber deposits". Zootaxa. 1920: 29–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1920.1.2.


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