Archocyrtus
Extinct genus of flies
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Archocyrtus is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from compression fossils from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.[1] The genus is the only member of the subfamily Archocyrtinae.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | †Archocyrtinae Ussatchov, 1968 |
| Genus: | †Archocyrtus Ussatchov, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| †Archocyrtus gibbosus Ussatchov, 1968 | |
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Juracyrtus Nartshuk, 1996[2] | |
A study on the holotype specimen of Archocyrtus kovalevi was published by Khramov & Lukashevich (2019). They reported evidence of an extremely long proboscis, almost twice the length of the body of the insect. They suggested that it was probably a pollinator of extinct seed plants belonging to the order Bennettitales.[4]
