Biology:Prosystenus

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Short description: Extinct genus of flies

Prosystenus
Temporal range: Eocene, 48.6–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Genus: Prosystenus
Negrobov, 1976[1]
Species:
P. zherichini
Binomial name
Prosystenus zherichini
Negrobov, 1976[1]

Prosystenus is an extinct genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, Prosystenus zherichini, from the Eocene of Sakhalin Island, Russia .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Negrobov, O. P. (1976). "A New Genus of the Family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Paleogene Retinites of the Sea of Okhotsk". Paleontological Journal 10 (4): 495–498. 

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

Wikidata ☰ Q7251130 entry