Global InformationProhercostomus information
| Prohercostomus Temporal range: Eocene,
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | †Prohercostomus Grichanov, 1997[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Dolichopus noxialis Meunier, 1907
| |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
|
Sympycnites Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[4] | |
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]
- ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (1997). "Prohercostomus, a new subgenus of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber". Paleontological Journal. 31 (5): 520–522.
- ^ 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.