Prohercostomus Explained

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.^[1]

Species

• †Prohercostomus bickeli (Evenhuis, 1994)
• †Prohercostomus interceptus (Meunier, 1907)^[2]
• †Prohercostomus intremulus (Meunier, 1907)^[2]
• †Prohercostomus meunierianus (Evenhuis, 1994)
• †Prohercostomus monotonus (Meunier, 1907)^[2]
• †Prohercostomus negotiosus (Meunier, 1907)^{[2] [3]}
• †Prohercostomus noxialis (Meunier, 1907)^{[2] [3]} (synonym: Sympycnites primaevus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999)

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. Igor Ya.. Grichanov. 2000. Notes on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Ukrainian and Baltic amber. International Journal of Dipterological Research. 11. 3. 129–131.
2. Meunier. F.. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique. Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2. 21. 29. 221–222. French.
3. Meunier. F.. 1908. Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique. Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2. 22. 30. 45–46. French.