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