Archichrysotus Temporal range:
Upper Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Parathalassiinae |
Genus: | †
Archichrysotus Negrobov, 1978 [1] |
Type species | |
†Archichrysotus hennigi |
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]
The genus contains four species:
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.