Archichrysotus

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Archichrysotus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous, 94.3–70.6 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Parathalassiinae
Genus: †Archichrysotus
Negrobov, 1978[1]
Type species
†Archichrysotus hennigi

Archichrysotus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The generic name is a combination of the Greek prefix archi- ("the first") and the generic name Chrysotus.[1] The genus is known from Upper Cretaceous amber from the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia, New Jersey in the United States and Cedar Lake in Manitoba, Canada.[1][2]

Species[]

The genus contains four species:

  • †Archichrysotus hennigi Negrobov, 1978[1] – , Coniacian/Santonian
  • †Archichrysotus incompletus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2] – New Jersey amber, Turonian
  • †Archichrysotus manitobus Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[2] – Canadian amber, Campanian
  • †Archichrysotus minor Negrobov, 1978[1] – , Coniacian/Santonian

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" [Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia] (PDF). Paleontological Journal (in Russian). 12 (2): 221–228.
  2. ^ a b c Grimaldi, David A.; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (1999). "Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (239): 1–124. hdl:2246/1583.

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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