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Extinct genus of flies
Prohercostomus is an
extinct genus of
flies in the family
Dolichopodidae , known from
Baltic amber from the
Eocene . It was originally created as a subgenus of
Hercostomus , but was later raised to genus rank.
[5]
Species
†Prohercostomus bickeli (
Evenhuis , 1994)
†Prohercostomus interceptus (Meunier, 1907)
[6]
†Prohercostomus intremulus (Meunier, 1907)
[6]
†Prohercostomus meunierianus (
Evenhuis , 1994)
†Prohercostomus monotonus (Meunier, 1907)
[6]
†Prohercostomus negotiosus (Meunier, 1907)
[6]
[7]
†Prohercostomus noxialis (Meunier, 1907)
[6]
[7] (synonym: Sympycnites primaevus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 )
[2]
References
^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (1997).
"Prohercostomus, a new subgenus of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber" .
Paleontological Journal . 31 (5): 520–522.
^
a
b Bickel, D. J.; Martin, J.; Agnihotri, P.; Singh, H. (2022). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch Basins, India". Palaeoentomology . 5 (5): 475–486.
doi :
10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9 .
S2CID
252472963 .
^ Ulrich, H. (2004). "Phylogenetic considerations about an early colonization of the sea coasts by Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica . 11 (1): 233–243.
Abstract
^ 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 .
^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2000).
"Notes on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Ukrainian and Baltic amber" . International Journal of Dipterological Research . 11 (3): 129–131.
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a
b
c
d
e Meunier, F. (1907).
"Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique" . Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles . 2 (in French). 21 (29): 221–222.
^
a
b Meunier, F. (1908).
"Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique" . Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles . 2 (in French). 22 (30): 45–46.
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014).
"Family Dolichopodidae" . Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website . 2.0.
Prohercostomus Sympycnites