Prohercostomus
Temporal range: Eocene,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.
  2. 1 2 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. S2CID 252472963.
  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" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (239): 1–124. hdl:2246/1583.
  5. ↑ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2000). "Notes on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Ukrainian and Baltic amber". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 11 (3): 129–131.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 221–222.
  7. 1 2 Meunier, F. (1908). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 22 (30): 45–46.

Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.


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