Archichrysotus

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 Manitoba in Canada.[1][2]

Archichrysotus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous 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:	Parathalassiinae
Genus:	†Archichrysotus Negrobov, 1978[1]
Type species
†Archichrysotus hennigi Negrobov, 1978[1]

Species

• †Archichrysotus hennigi Negrobov, 1978[1]
• †Archichrysotus incompletus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2]
• †Archichrysotus manitobus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2]
• †Archichrysotus minor Negrobov, 1978[1]

References

1. Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" [Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia] (PDF). Paleontological Journal (in Russian). 12 (2): 221–228.
2. 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.

Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.