Microphorinae

Microphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, though it was previously considered a family of its own.^[1]

Microphorinae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Microphor holosericeus, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Microphorinae Collin, 1960
Genera
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Genera

The subfamily includes seven genera, two extant and five extinct:^[2]

• †Avenaphora Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999^[3] – Early Cretaceous
• †Curvus Kaddumi, 2005 – Jordanian amber, Albian
• †Meghyperiella Meunier, 1908 – Baltic amber, Eocene
• Microphor Macquart, 1827
• †Microphorites Hennig, 1971 – Early Cretaceous-Eocene
• †Pristinmicrophor Tang, Shi, Wang & Yang, 2019^[4] – Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• Schistostoma Becker, 1902