Archocyrtus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Subfamily: | †
Archocyrtinae Ussatchov, 1968 |
Genus: | †
Archocyrtus Ussatchov, 1968 |
Type species | |
†Archocyrtus gibbosus Ussatchov, 1968
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Species | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
Juracyrtus Nartshuk, 1996 [2] |
Archocyrtus is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from compression fossils from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. [1] The genus is the only member of the subfamily Archocyrtinae. [3]
A study on the holotype specimen of Archocyrtus kovalevi was published by Khramov & Lukashevich (2019). They reported evidence of an extremely long proboscis, almost twice the length of the body of the insect. They suggested that it was probably a pollinator of extinct seed plants belonging to the order Bennettitales. [4]
Two species belong to the genus Archocyrtus: