Cretomicrophorus

Cretomicrophorus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the 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]

Cretomicrophorus 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:	†Cretomicrophorus Negrobov, 1978[1]
Type species
†Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978[1]
Synonyms
Jantardachia Zherichin, 1978 (nomen nudum)

Species

• †Cretomicrophorus novemundus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2]
• †Cretomicrophorus piolencensis Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2016[3]
• †Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi 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.
3. Nel, André; Garrouste, Romain; Daugeron, Christophe (2017). "Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 69: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009.

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