Microphorella
Appearance
Microphorella | |
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Microphorella vockerothi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Parathalassiinae |
Genus: | Microphorella Becker, 1909 |
Type species | |
Microphorus praecox Loew, 1864
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Microphorella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is currently considered both paraphyletic and polyphyletic, and several species groups may need to be recognised as subgenera or genera.[1]
Species
[edit]Species groups as defined by Cumming & Brooks (2019):[1]
- Microphorella short R1 species group:
- three undescribed species from western North America
- †Microphorella fragilis Cumming & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al., 2022[2] – Middle Eocene, Kishenehn Formation
- Microphorella malaysiana species group:
- Microphorella bira Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[3] – Sulawesi
- Microphorella malaysiana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[3] – Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia
- Microphorella papuana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[3] – Papua New Guinea
- Microphorella satunensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[3] – Thailand
- Microphorella irwini species group:
- Microphorella irwini Brooks & Cumming, 2023[4] – South Africa (Western Cape Province)
- Microphorella emiliae species group:
- Microphorella emiliae Shamshev, 2004 – Far East Russia (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands)
- Microphorella iota species group:
- Microphorella iota Colless, 1964[5] – Australia (Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales)
- Microphorella bungle species group:
- Microphorella bungle Brooks & Cumming, 2022[6] – Australia: New South Wales (Warrumbungle National Park)
- Microphorella viticula Brooks & Cumming, 2022[6] – Australia: New South Wales (Blue Mountains National Park)
- Microphorella amorimi species group:
- Microphorella amorimi Brooks & Cumming, 2023[4] – Chile (Maule Region)
- Microphorella chillcotti species group:
- Microphorella chillcotti Brooks & Cumming, 2012[7] – Canada (Alberta, British Columbia), United States (Washington)
- Microphorella vockerothi Brooks & Cumming, 2012[7] – Canada (Yukon)
- Microphorella curtipes species group:
- Microphorella beckeri (Strobl, 1910) – Central Europe
- Microphorella curtipes (Becker, 1910) – north Italy, Corsica, Sardinia
- ?Microphorella ulrichi Gatt, 2003[8] – Tunisia, Morocco
- Microphorella chiragra species group:
- Microphorella chiragra Melander, 1927 – United States
- Microphorella longitarsis Melander, 1927 – United States
- Microphorella ornatipes Melander, 1927 – United States
- 11 undescribed species from western North America
- Microphorella acroptera species group:
- Microphorella acroptera Melander, 1927 – United States
- Microphorella tubifera Melander, 1927 – United States
- nine undescribed species from western North America
- Genus Microphorella s.str.:
- Microphorella cassari Gatt, 2011[9] – Tunisia
- Microphorella ebejeri Gatt, 2012[10] – Israel
- Microphorella praecox (Loew, 1864) – Europe
- Microphorella similis Brooks in Brooks & Ulrich, 2012[11] – Switzerland
- Microphorella mamillata Gatt, 2012[10] – Tunisia
The Mediterranean species Microphorella merzi Gatt, 2003[8] is now classified in Eothalassius.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cumming, J.M.; Brooks, S.E. (2019). "Phylogenetic analysis and preliminary classification of the Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 4648 (1): 111–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5.
- ^ Greenwalt, D. E.; Amorim, D. S.; Hauser, M.; Kerr, P. H.; Fitzgerald, S. J.; Winterton, S. L.; Cumming, J. M.; Evenhuis, N. L.; Sinclair, B. J. (2022). "Diptera of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation II". Palaeontologia Electronica. 25 (2): Article number 25.2.a22. doi:10.26879/1215.
- ^ a b c d Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2004). "Descriptions of four new species of the genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Microphoridae, Parathalassiini) from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with notes on the relationships within the genus" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (1): 45–58.
- ^ a b Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2023). "The first Neotropical and Afrotropical species of Microphorella Becker, with a key to the genera of Parathalassiinae and species of Microphorella from the Southern Hemisphere (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 5301 (5): 581–593. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5301.5.5.
- ^ Colless, D.H. (1964). "An Australian species of Microphorella (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the phylogenetic significance of the genus". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 88: 320–323.
- ^ a b Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2022). "New Australasian Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 5188 (6): 521–543. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.2.
- ^ a b Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2012). "The Microphorella chillcotti species group: a distinctive lineage of parathalassiine flies from western North America (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.)". The Canadian Entomologist. 144 (1): 108–121. doi:10.4039/tce.2012.11.
- ^ a b Gatt, P. (2003). "New species and records of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean region". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 110 (4): 669–684. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80205.
- ^ Gatt, P. (2011). "Microphorella cassari sp n., a new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tunisia". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 118 (3): 401–412. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117814.
- ^ a b Gatt, P. (2012). "Two new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 119 (3): 287–302. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.150196.
- ^ Brooks, S.E.; Ulrich, H. (2012). "Microphorella similis sp. nov. from Switzerland, a close relative of the type species, M. praecox (Loew) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae)". Zootaxa. 3489 (1): 45–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.3.