| Archocyrtus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | †
Archocyrtinae Ussatchov, 1968 |
| Genus: | †
Archocyrtus Ussatchov, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| †Archocyrtus gibbosus Ussatchov, 1968
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Juracyrtus Nartshuk, 1996 [2] | |
Archocyrtus is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from compression fossils from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. [1] The genus is the only member of the subfamily Archocyrtinae. [3]
A study on the holotype specimen of Archocyrtus kovalevi was published by Khramov & Lukashevich (2019). They reported evidence of an extremely long proboscis, almost twice the length of the body of the insect. They suggested that it was probably a pollinator of extinct seed plants belonging to the order Bennettitales. [4]
Species
Two species belong to the genus Archocyrtus:
References
- ^ a b c 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. S2CID 90493326.
- ^ a b Nartshuk, E. P. (1995). "A new fossil acrocerid fly from the Jurassic beds of Kazakhstan (Diptera: Acroceridae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 4 (2): 313–315.
- ^ Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shawn L. (2019). "Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4): 820–841. doi: 10.1111/syen.12358.
- ^ Khramov, Alexander V.; Lukashevich, Elena D. (2019). "A Jurassic dipteran pollinator with an extremely long proboscis". Gondwana Research. 71: 210–215. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2019.02.004. S2CID 134847380.
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| Archocyrtus Temporal range:
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|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | †
Archocyrtinae Ussatchov, 1968 |
| Genus: | †
Archocyrtus Ussatchov, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| †Archocyrtus gibbosus Ussatchov, 1968
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| Species | |
| |
| Synonyms [1] | |
|
Juracyrtus Nartshuk, 1996 [2] | |
Archocyrtus is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from compression fossils from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. [1] The genus is the only member of the subfamily Archocyrtinae. [3]
A study on the holotype specimen of Archocyrtus kovalevi was published by Khramov & Lukashevich (2019). They reported evidence of an extremely long proboscis, almost twice the length of the body of the insect. They suggested that it was probably a pollinator of extinct seed plants belonging to the order Bennettitales. [4]
Species
Two species belong to the genus Archocyrtus:
References
- ^ a b c 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. S2CID 90493326.
- ^ a b Nartshuk, E. P. (1995). "A new fossil acrocerid fly from the Jurassic beds of Kazakhstan (Diptera: Acroceridae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 4 (2): 313–315.
- ^ Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shawn L. (2019). "Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4): 820–841. doi: 10.1111/syen.12358.
- ^ Khramov, Alexander V.; Lukashevich, Elena D. (2019). "A Jurassic dipteran pollinator with an extremely long proboscis". Gondwana Research. 71: 210–215. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2019.02.004. S2CID 134847380.
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