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Cretomicrophorus

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Extinct genus of Dolichopodid flies

Cretomicrophorus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous, 94.3–84.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Parathalassiinae
Genus: †Cretomicrophorus
Negrobov, 1978
Type species
†Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi
Negrobov, 1978
Synonyms

Jantardachia Zherichin, 1978
(nomen nudum)

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.

Species

The genus contains three species:

References

  1. ^ 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]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 1978 (2): 81–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Taxon identifiers
Cretomicrophorus


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