Microphor

Microphor holosericeus, female

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 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: M. anomalus – M. baechlii – M. bilineatus – M. chvalai – M. crassipes – M. discalis – M. gissaricus – M. holosericeus – M. intermedius – M. nevadensis – M. obscurus – M. pallipes – M. pilimanus – M. rostellatus – M. sinensis – M. skevingtoni – M. strobli – M. turcicus – M. turneri – M. zimini – ?M. hiemalis – †M. defunctus – †M. eocenicus – †M. rusticus

Name

Microphor Macquart, 1828: 139

Type species: Microphor velutinus Macquart, 1828 [= Empis holosericea Meigen, 1804], by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• [Microphorus] Macquart, 1834: 345 (incorrect subsequent spelling; unavailable name)
• [Microphora] Zetterstedt, 1842: 253 (incorrect subsequent spelling; unavailable name)
• [Microphora] Macquart, 1850: 477 (incorrect subsequent spelling; unavailable name)
• Microphorus Lundbeck, 1910: 189 (unjustified emendation) [syn.: Evenhuis, Pape & Pont, 2016: 85]

References

Primary references

• Evenhuis, N.L., Pape, T. & Pont, A.C. 2016. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart. Zootaxa 4172(1): 1–211. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1 . Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-528-3 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-529-0 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Lundbeck, W. 1910. Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Part III. Empididae. Copenhagen: G.E.C. GAD. 324 pp. BHL.
• Macquart, J. 1828 ["1827"]. Insectes diptères du Nord de la France. [Tome III]. Platypézines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides. L. Danel, Lille, 159 pp., 4 pls. BHL.

Additional references

• Barták, M. & Kubík, Š. 2022. Unexpected Previously Unknown Diversity of the Genus Microphor Macquart (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae) in the West Palaearctic. Insects 13(8): 700. DOI: 10.3390/insects13080700 . Reference page. 
• Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2022. Revision of the Nearctic Microphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato). Zootaxa 5095(1): 1–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5095.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Chvála, M. 1986. Revision of Palaearctic Microphoridae (Diptera) 1. Microphor Macq. Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 83(6): 432–454. Online
• Saigusa, T. & Yang, D. 2003. Empididae (Diptera) from Funiu Mountains, Henan, China (I). Studia dipterologica 9(2): 519–543. Abstract.
• Shamshev, I.V. 1992. Новый вид рода Microphor Macquart (Diptera, Empidoidea: Microphoridae) из таджикистана [A new species of the genus Microphor Macquart (Diptera, Empidoidea, Microphoridae) from Tajikistan]. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 97(4): 48–52. (in Russian). Full issue (DjVu).
• Shamshev, I.V. 1995. Обзор видов рода Microphor Macquart (Diptera, Microphoridae) фауны России и сопредельных стран [A review of species of the genus Microphor Macquart (Diptera, Microphoridae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 74(1): 209–213. (in Russian). [not seen]
• 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. 
• Shamshev, I.V. & Sinclair, B.J. 2006. The genus Schistostoma Becker from southern Africa, with an evaluation of its generic status (Diptera : Dolichopodidae s. l. : Microphorinae). African Invertebrates 47(1): 335–346. hdl: 10520/EJC84555 .

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.