Biology:Prophilopota

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Short description: Extinct genus of flies

Prophilopota
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Genus: Prophilopota
Hennig, 1966
Type species
Prophilopota succinea
Hennig, 1966
Species
  • P. succinea
  • P. variegata

Prophilopota is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene.[1]

Species

The genus contains two species:

  • Prophilopota succinea Hennig, 1966 – unknown locality (possibly Denmark )
  • Prophilopota variegata Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1] – Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566. 

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