Prohercostomus Temporal range:
Eocene,
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Scientific classification
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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
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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]
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.
Prohercostomus Temporal range:
Eocene,
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Scientific classification
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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]
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.