Microphorella

Microphorella
Microphorella vockerothi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Parathalassiinae
Genus:	Microphorella Becker, 1909
Type species
Microphorus praecox Loew, 1864

Microphorella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is currently considered both paraphyletic and polyphyletic, and several species groups may need to be recognised as subgenera or genera. ^[1]

Species

Species groups as defined by Cumming & Brooks (2019): ^[1]

• Microphorella short R₁ species group:
  • three undescribed species from western North America
  • † Microphorella fragilis Cumming & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al., 2022 ^[2] – Middle Eocene, Kishenehn Formation
• Microphorella malaysiana species group:
  • Microphorella bira Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 ^[3] – Sulawesi
  • Microphorella malaysiana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 ^[3] – Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia
  • Microphorella papuana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 ^[3] – Papua New Guinea
  • Microphorella satunensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 ^[3] – Thailand
• Microphorella irwini species group:
  • Microphorella irwini Brooks & Cumming, 2023 ^[4] – South Africa (Western Cape Province)
• Microphorella emiliae species group:
  • Microphorella emiliae Shamshev, 2004 – Far East Russia (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands)
• Microphorella iota species group:
  • Microphorella iota Colless, 1964 ^[5] – Australia (Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales)
• Microphorella bungle species group:
  • Microphorella bungle Brooks & Cumming, 2022 ^[6] – Australia: New South Wales (Warrumbungle National Park)
  • Microphorella viticula Brooks & Cumming, 2022 ^[6] – Australia: New South Wales (Blue Mountains National Park)
• Microphorella amorimi species group:
  • Microphorella amorimi Brooks & Cumming, 2023 ^[4] – Chile (Maule Region)
• Microphorella chillcotti species group:
  • Microphorella chillcotti Brooks & Cumming, 2012 ^[7] – Canada (Alberta, British Columbia), United States (Washington)
  • Microphorella vockerothi Brooks & Cumming, 2012 ^[7] – Canada (Yukon)
• Microphorella curtipes species group:
  • Microphorella beckeri (Strobl, 1910) – Central Europe
  • Microphorella curtipes (Becker, 1910) – north Italy, Corsica, Sardinia
  •  ? Microphorella ulrichi Gatt, 2003 ^[8] – Tunisia, Morocco
• Microphorella chiragra species group:
  • Microphorella chiragra Melander, 1927 – United States
  • Microphorella longitarsis Melander, 1927 – United States
  • Microphorella ornatipes Melander, 1927 – United States
  • 11 undescribed species from western North America
• Microphorella acroptera species group:
  • Microphorella acroptera Melander, 1927 – United States
  • Microphorella tubifera Melander, 1927 – United States
  • nine undescribed species from western North America
• Genus Microphorella s.str. :
  • Microphorella cassari Gatt, 2011 ^[9] – Tunisia
  • Microphorella ebejeri Gatt, 2012 ^[10] – Israel
  • Microphorella praecox (Loew, 1864) – Europe
  • Microphorella similis Brooks in Brooks & Ulrich, 2012 ^[11] – Switzerland
  • Microphorella mamillata Gatt, 2012 ^[10] – Tunisia

The Mediterranean species Microphorella merziGatt, 2003 ^[8] is now classified in Eothalassius . ^[1]

References

1. Cumming, J.M.; Brooks, S.E. (2019). "Phylogenetic analysis and preliminary classification of the Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)" . Zootaxa . 4648 (1): 111–129. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5 .
2. Greenwalt, D. E.; Amorim, D. S.; Hauser, M.; Kerr, P. H.; Fitzgerald, S. J.; Winterton, S. L.; Cumming, J. M.; Evenhuis, N. L.; Sinclair, B. J. (2022). "Diptera of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation II". Palaeontologia Electronica. 25 (2): Article number 25.2.a22. doi: 10.26879/1215 .
3. Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2004). "Descriptions of four new species of the genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Microphoridae, Parathalassiini) from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with notes on the relationships within the genus" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 52 (1): 45–58.
4. Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2023). "The first Neotropical and Afrotropical species of Microphorella Becker, with a key to the genera of Parathalassiinae and species of Microphorella from the Southern Hemisphere (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa . 5301 (5): 581–593. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.5.5 .
5. Colless, D.H. (1964). "An Australian species of Microphorella (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the phylogenetic significance of the genus". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 88: 320–323.
6. Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2022). "New Australasian Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa . 5188 (6): 521–543. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.2 .
7. Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2012). "The Microphorella chillcotti species group: a distinctive lineage of parathalassiine flies from western North America (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.)". The Canadian Entomologist . 144 (1): 108–121. doi:10.4039/tce.2012.11.
8. Gatt, P. (2003). "New species and records of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean region". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 110 (4): 669–684. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.80205 .
9. Gatt, P. (2011). "Microphorella cassari sp n., a new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tunisia". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 118 (3): 401–412. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117814 .
10. Gatt, P. (2012). "Two new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 119 (3): 287–302. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.150196 .
11. Brooks, S.E.; Ulrich, H. (2012). "Microphorella similis sp. nov. from Switzerland, a close relative of the type species, M. praecox (Loew) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae)". Zootaxa . 3489 (1): 45–57. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.3 .