Prochrysotus

Prochrysotus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Asilomorpha
Superfamily: Empidoidea
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Prochrysotus
Meunier, 1907[1]
Species: P. magnus
Binomial name
Prochrysotus magnus
Meunier, 1907[1]

Prochrysotus is an extinct genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae, known from the Eocene of the Baltic region. It contains only one species, Prochrysotus magnus.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 197–199.
  2. Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 269–271.

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


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