Cretomicrophorus Explained

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

Species

The genus contains three species:

• †Cretomicrophorus novemundus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999^[1] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
• †Cretomicrophorus piolencensis Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017^[2] – Piolenc amber, France, Santonian
• †Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi Negrobov, 1978 – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian

References

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

Notes and References

1. Grimaldi. David A.. Cumming. Jeffrey Malcolm. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 239. 1–124. 2246/1583.
2. André. Nel. Romain. Garrouste. Christophe. Daugeron. 2017. Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Cretaceous Research. 69. 1–5. 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009. (PDF given is the manuscript version)