Prosystenus

Prosystenus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, from the Middle Eocene of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. It contains only one species, Prosystenus zherichini, described from Sakhalin amber. It is the oldest confirmed representative of the Dolichopodidae in its strict sense, excluding the subfamilies Microphorinae and Parathalassiinae.^[2]

Prosystenus Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Genus:	†Prosystenus Negrobov, 1976[1]
Species:	†P. zherichini
Binomial name
†Prosystenus zherichini Negrobov, 1976[1]