Biology:Microphorites

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

Species

  • Microphorites complanipedis Zhang & Wang in Zhang et al., 2025[2]Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Microphorites curtipedis Zhang & Wang in Zhang et al., 2025[2] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Microphorites deploegi Nel, Perrichot, Daugeron & Néraudeau, 2004[3]Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian
  • Microphorites erikai Bramuzzo & Nel, 2017[4]Oise amber, France, Ypresian
  • Microphorites extinctus Hennig, 1971Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • Microphorites hamataculeus Zhang & Wang in Zhang et al., 2025[2] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Microphorites magaliae Perrichot & Engel, 2014[5] – Vendée amber, France, Turonian
  • Microphorites moravicus Tkoč, Nel & Prokop, 2016[6] – Studlov amber, Czech Republic, Paleocene
  • Microphorites oculeus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[7] – Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • Microphorites pouilloni Ngô-Muller & Nel in Ngô-Muller, Garrouste, Pouillon & Nel, 2020[8] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Microphorites similis Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[7] – Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • Microphorites utrillensis Peñalver in Arillo, Peñalver & Delclòs, 2008[9] – San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Spain, Albian

References

  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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361162562. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Zhang, H.; Han, Y.; Ren, D.; Wang, Y. (2025). "Three new species of Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato: Microphorinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Zootaxa 5661 (1): 283–294. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5661.1.5. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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. 
  5. Perrichot, Vincent; Engel, Michael S. (2014). "Youngest Occurrence of the Genus Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): A New Species in Late Cretaceous Vendean Amber". Paleontological Contributions (10G): 30–33. doi:10.17161/PC.1808.15987. 
  6. 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. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 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. 
  8. 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104284. 
  9. 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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