Biology:Cretomicrophorus

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Short description: Extinct genus of Dolichopodid flies

Cretomicrophorus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous, 94.3–84.9 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Parathalassiinae
Genus: Cretomicrophorus
Negrobov, 1978[1]
Type species
Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi
Negrobov, 1978[1]
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.[1]

Species

The genus contains three species:

  • Cretomicrophorus novemundus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
  • Cretomicrophorus piolencensis Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017[3] – Piolenc amber, France, Santonian
  • Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 2018-04-27. 
  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. 
  3. 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. http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01369622/file/Nel_2017_Two_new_long-legged.pdf.  (PDF given is the manuscript version)

Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdolicho.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21363868 entry