Microphorinae
Subfamily of flies
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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 subfamily of Empididae or a family of its own.[1]
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| Microphorinae Temporal range: | |
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| Microphor holosericeus, female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Microphorinae Collin, 1960 |
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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 and Rovno 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
