Prohercostomus

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.[2]

Prohercostomus Temporal range: Eocene 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:	Dolichopodinae
Genus:	†Prohercostomus Grichanov, 1997[1]
Type species
†Dolichopus noxialis Meunier, 1907

Species

• †Prohercostomus bickeli (Evenhuis, 1994)
• †Prohercostomus interceptus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
• †Prohercostomus intremulus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
• †Prohercostomus meunierianus (Evenhuis, 1994)
• †Prohercostomus monotonus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
• †Prohercostomus negotiosus (Meunier, 1907)[3][4]
• †Prohercostomus noxialis (Meunier, 1907)[3][4]

References

1. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (1997). "Prohercostomus, a new subgenus of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber". Paleontological Journal. 31 (5): 520–522.
2. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2000). "Notes on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Ukrainian and Baltic amber". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 11 (3): 129–131.
3. 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.
4. Meunier, F. (1908). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 22 (30): 57–59.

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