Microphorella

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]

Microphorella
Microphorella vockerothi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Parathalassiinae
Genus:	Microphorella Becker, 1909
Type species
Microphorus praecox Loew, 1864

Species

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]