Prochrysotus

Prochrysotus
Temporal range: Eocene (Priabonian), 37.2–33.9 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: †Prochrysotus
Meunier, 1907
Species:
†P. magnus
Binomial name
†Prochrysotus magnus
Meunier, 1907

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.

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.
  3. ↑ Grichanov, I. Ya. (2024). "A New Extinct Genus of Long-Legged Flies, with a Brief Review and Key to Extinct Genera of Baltic Amber Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Paleontological Journal. 57 (3 supplement): S246–S261. doi:10.1134/S0031030123600051.

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