Microphorinae
Sign in to saveMicrophorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, though it was previously considered a subfamily of Empididae or a family of its own.
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Subfamily
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyDolichopodidae
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- Dolichopodidae
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Microphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, though it was previously considered a subfamily of Empididae or a family of its own.
==Genera== The subfamily includes seven genera, two extant and five extinct: †Avenaphora Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 – Early Cretaceous †Curvus Kaddumi, 2005 – Jordanian amber, Albian †Meghyperiella Meunier, 1908 – Baltic amber and Rovno amber, Eocene Microphor Macquart, 1827 †Microphorites Hennig, 1971 – Early Cretaceous-Eocene †Pristinmicrophor Tang, Shi, Wang & Yang, 2019 – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian Schistostoma Becker, 1902
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