Avenaphora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Microphorinae
Genus: †Avenaphora
Species: †A. gallica – †A. hispida

Name

Avenaphora Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999: 61

Type species: Avenaphora Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999, by original designation [and monotypy].

References

Primary references

• Grimaldi, D.A. & Cumming, J.M. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239: 1–124. hdl: 2246/1583 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nel, A., Garrouste, R. & Daugeron, C. 2017. Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Cretaceous Research 69: 1–5. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009 . Manuscript version (PDF). Reference page.  [placed in Dolichopodidae sensu lato, subfamily undetermined]
• Shamshev, I.V. & Perkovsky, E.E. 2022. A review of fossil taxa of Microphorinae (Diptera, Dolichopodidae sensu lato), with redescription of the Eocene genus Meghyperiella Meunier. Zootaxa 5150(3): 411–427. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.6 . ResearchGate . Plazi. Reference page.  [placed in Microphorinae]

Links

• Evenhius, N.L. 2014. Family Dolichopodidae. In: Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. Available at: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdolicho.html. Version 2.0.