Biology:Archichrysotus
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Short description: Extinct Genus of Dolichopodid flies
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Parathalassiinae |
| Genus: | †Archichrysotus Negrobov, 1978[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Archichrysotus hennigi Negrobov, 1978[1]
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Archichrysotus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The generic name is a combination of the Greek prefix archi- ("the first") and the generic name Chrysotus.[1] The genus is known from Upper Cretaceous amber from the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia , New Jersey in the United States and Cedar Lake in Manitoba, Canada .[1][2]
Species
The genus contains four species:
- †Archichrysotus hennigi Negrobov, 1978[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian
- †Archichrysotus incompletus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
- †Archichrysotus manitobus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2] – Canadian amber, Campanian
- †Archichrysotus minor Negrobov, 1978[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" (in Russian) (PDF). Paleontological Journal 12 (2): 221–228. http://www.bio.vsu.ru/ezoo/negrobov_publikacii/Empididoidea%20.zip. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Grimaldi, David A.; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (1999). "Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (239): 1–124. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/1583/B239.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y.
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdolicho.html.
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