Microphorites

Microphorites Temporal range: Barremian–Eocene 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:	Microphorinae
Genus:	† Microphorites Hennig, 1971
Type species
†Microphorites extinctus Hennig, 1971

Microphorites is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. ^[1]

Species

• †Microphorites complanipedisZhang & Wang in Zhang et al., 2025 ^[2] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Microphorites curtipedisZhang & Wang in Zhang et al., 2025 ^[2] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Microphorites deploegiNel, Perrichot, Daugeron & Néraudeau, 2004 ^[3] – Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian
• †Microphorites erikaiBramuzzo & Nel, 2017 ^[4] – Oise amber, France, Ypresian
• †Microphorites extinctus Hennig, 1971 – Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Microphorites hamataculeusZhang & Wang in Zhang et al., 2025 ^[2] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Microphorites magaliaePerrichot & Engel, 2014 ^[5] – Vendée amber, France, Turonian
• †Microphorites moravicusTkoč, Nel & Prokop, 2016 ^[6] – Studlov amber, Czech Republic, Paleocene
• †Microphorites oculeusGrimaldi & Cumming, 1999 ^[7] – Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Microphorites pouilloniNgô-Muller & Nel in Ngô-Muller, Garrouste, Pouillon & Nel, 2020 ^[8] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Microphorites similisGrimaldi & Cumming, 1999 ^[7] – Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Microphorites utrillensisPeñalver in Arillo, Peñalver & Delclòs, 2008 ^[9] – San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Spain, Albian

References

1. Shamshev, I. V.; Perkovsky, E. E. (2022). "A review of fossil taxa of Microphorinae (Diptera, Dolichopodidae sensu lato), with redescription of the Eocene genus Meghyperiella Meunier". Zootaxa. 5150 (3): 411–427. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.6. S2CID   249480881.
2. Zhang, H.; Han, Y.; Ren, D.; Wang, Y. (2025). "Three new species of Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato: Microphorinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Zootaxa. 5661 (1): 283–294. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5661.1.5.
3. Nel, André; Perrichot, Vincent; Daugeron, Christophe; Néraudeau, Didier (2004). "A new Microphorites in the Lower Cretaceous amber of the Southwest of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, "Microphorinae")". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . Nouvelle Série. 40 (1): 23–29. doi: 10.1080/00379271.2004.10697401 .
4. Bramuzzo, Simone; Nel, André (2017). "Youngest representative of the extinct genus Microphorites in the Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae)". Zootaxa . 4231 (4): 590–594. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.11. PMID   28264410.
5. Perrichot, Vincent; Engel, Michael S. (2014). "Youngest Occurrence of the Genus Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): A New Species in Late Cretaceous Vendean Amber". Paleontological Contributions (10G): 30–33. doi: 10.17161/PC.1808.15987 . hdl: 1808/15987 .
6. Tkoč, Michal; Nel, André; Prokop, Jakub (2016). "Discovery of a new species of the Cretaceous genus Microphorites Hennig, 1971 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae s. lat.) in Paleogene amber from eastern Moravia (Czech Republic)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 47 (2): 181–193. doi:10.1163/1876312X-47022139.
7. 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 .
8. Ngô-Muller, Valerie; Garrouste, Romain; Pouillon, Jean-Marc; Nel, André (2020). "A new species of the long-legged fly genus Microphorites in Burmese amber (Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae)". Cretaceous Research . 107 104284. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104284 .
9. Arillo, Antonio; Peñalver, Enrique; Delclòs, Xavier (2008). "Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Spain), and the co-occurrence of two ceratopogonid species in Spanish amber deposits". Zootaxa . 1920: 29–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1920.1.2.