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Microphorella

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Microphorella
Microphorella vockerothi
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

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Species groups as defined by Cumming & Brooks (2019):[1]

The Mediterranean species Microphorella merzi Gatt, 2003[8] is now classified in Eothalassius.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.