Prophilopota

Prophilopota is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene.[1]

Prophilopota
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Genus: †Prophilopota
Hennig, 1966
Type species
†Prophilopota succinea
Hennig, 1966
Species
  • †P. succinea
  • †P. variegata

Species
  • †Prophilopota succinea Hennig, 1966
  • †Prophilopota variegata Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1]

References
  1. Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566.
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