Microphor defunctus

†Microphor defunctus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Microphorinae
Genus: Microphor
Species: †Microphor defunctus

Name

Microphor defunctus Handlirsch, 1910: 124-126

• Basionym: †Microphorus defunctus Handlirsch, 1910

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion cliff, near Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: GSC <specimen number not given>
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Etymology

• None given

References

Primary references

• Handlirsch A. 1910. Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(3): 93–129. doi:10.4095/100486. 

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.
• Microphor defunctus – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.