Archichrysotus

Archichrysotus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous, 94.3–70.6  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Parathalassiinae
Genus:	† Archichrysotus Negrobov, 1978 [1]
Type species
†Archichrysotus hennigi Negrobov, 1978 [1]

Archichrysotus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The generic name is a combination of the Greek prefix archi- ("the first") and the generic name Chrysotus . ^[1] The genus is known from Upper Cretaceous amber from the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia, New Jersey in the United States and Cedar Lake in Manitoba, Canada. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus contains four species:

• †Archichrysotus hennigi Negrobov, 1978 ^[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian
• †Archichrysotus incompletusGrimaldi & Cumming, 1999 ^[2] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
• †Archichrysotus manitobusGrimaldi & Cumming, 1999 ^[2] – Canadian amber, Campanian
• †Archichrysotus minor Negrobov, 1978 ^[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian

References

1. Negrobov, O. P. (1978). Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири [Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 1978 (2): 81–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
2. 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.

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