Biology:Microphorinae

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Short description: Subfamily of flies

Microphorinae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent
Microphor holosericeus (female) - 2013-05-18.jpg
Microphor holosericeus, female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Microphorinae
Collin, 1960
Genera

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Microphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, though it was previously considered a family of its own.[1]

Genera

The subfamily includes seven genera, two extant and five extinct:[2]

References

  1. Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1180: 1–172. ISBN 1-877407-80-1. http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Doid/Doidclass/SinclairCumming2006.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  2. Shamshev, I. V.; Perkovsky, E. E. (2022). "A review of fossil taxa of Microphorinae (Diptera, Dolichopodidae sensu lato), with redescription of the Eocene genus Meghyperiella Meunier". Zootaxa 5150 (3): 411–427. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.6. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361162562. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Tang, Chufei; Shi, Chao; Wang, Shuo; Yang, Ding (2019). "The first report of Dolichopodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research 104: Article 104179. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.07.009. 

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