Biology:Prophilopota
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Short description: Extinct genus of flies
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Philopotinae |
| Genus: | †Prophilopota Hennig, 1966 |
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| †Prophilopota succinea Hennig, 1966
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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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