Cretomicrophorus

Cretomicrophorus; Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous, 94.3–84.9 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:	† Cretomicrophorus ; Negrobov, 1978
Type species
	†Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi; Negrobov, 1978
Synonyms
	JantardachiaZherichin, 1978; ( nomen nudum )

Last updated August 07, 2025

Cretomicrophorus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia, France and the United States. The generic name is a combination of the Latin word creta ("chalk") and the generic name Microphorus .^[1]

Species

The genus contains three species:

†Cretomicrophorus novemundusGrimaldi & Cumming, 1999^[2] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
†Cretomicrophorus piolencensisNel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017^[3] – Piolenc amber, France, Santonian
†Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978^[1] – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian

References

1 2 3 4 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 2018-04-27.
↑ 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.
↑ Nel, André; Garrouste, Romain; Daugeron, Christophe (2017). "Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research . 69: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009. (PDF given is the manuscript version)

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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[Negrobov1978-1] 1 2 3 4 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 2018-04-27.

[Grimaldi1999-2] 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.

[Nel2017-3] Nel, André; Garrouste, Romain; Daugeron, Christophe (2017). "Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research . 69: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009. (PDF given is the manuscript version)

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