Biology:Prohercostomus

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Short description: Extinct genus of flies

Prohercostomus
Temporal range: Eocene, 37.2–33.9 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Prohercostomus
Grichanov, 1997[1]
Type species
Dolichopus noxialis
Meunier, 1907
Synonyms[2][3]

Sympycnites Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[4]

Prohercostomus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber from the Eocene. It was originally created as a subgenus of Hercostomus, but was later raised to genus rank.[5]

Species

  • Prohercostomus bickeli (Evenhuis, 1994)
  • Prohercostomus interceptus (Meunier, 1907)[6]
  • Prohercostomus intremulus (Meunier, 1907)[6]
  • Prohercostomus meunierianus (Evenhuis, 1994)
  • Prohercostomus monotonus (Meunier, 1907)[6]
  • Prohercostomus negotiosus (Meunier, 1907)[6][7]
  • Prohercostomus noxialis (Meunier, 1907)[6][7] (synonym: Sympycnites primaevus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999)[2]

References

  1. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (1997). "Prohercostomus, a new subgenus of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber". Paleontological Journal 31 (5): 520–522. http://grichanov.aiq.ru/Proherco_english.htm. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bickel, D. J.; Martin, J.; Agnihotri, P.; Singh, H. (2022). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch Basins, India". Palaeoentomology 5 (5): 475–486. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9. 
  3. Ulrich, H. (2004). "Phylogenetic considerations about an early colonization of the sea coasts by Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica 11 (1): 233–243.  Abstract
  4. 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. 
  5. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2000). "Notes on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Ukrainian and Baltic amber". International Journal of Dipterological Research 11 (3): 129–131. http://grichanov.aiq.ru/balticamber.htm. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique" (in French). Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 21 (29): 221–222. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44572377. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Meunier, F. (1908). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique" (in French). Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 22 (30): 45–46. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33756075. 

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

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