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
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
  • Microphorella acroptera Melander, 1927
  • Microphorella beckeri (Strobl, 1910)
  • Microphorella bira Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
  • Microphorella cassari Gatt, 2011[3]
  • Microphorella chillcotti Brooks & Cumming, 2012[4]
  • Microphorella chiragra Melander, 1927
  • Microphorella curtipes Becker, 1910
  • Microphorella ebejeri Gatt, 2012[5]
  • Microphorella emiliae Shamshev, 2004
  • Microphorella iota Colless, 1964[6]
  • Microphorella longitarsis Melander, 1927
  • Microphorella malaysiana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
  • Microphorella mamillata Gatt, 2012[5]
  • Microphorella ornatipes Melander, 1927
  • Microphorella papuana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
  • Microphorella praecox (Loew, 1864)
  • Microphorella satunensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
  • Microphorella similis Brooks in Brooks & Ulrich, 2012[7]
  • Microphorella tubifera Melander, 1927
  • Microphorella ulrichi Gatt, 2003[8]
  • Microphorella vockerothi Brooks & Cumming, 2012[4]

Microphorella merzi Gatt, 2003[8] has been moved to Eothalassius.[1]

References
  1. Cumming, J.M.; Brooks, S.E. (2019). "Phylogenetic analysis and preliminary classification of the Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 4648 (1): 111–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5.
  2. Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2004). "Descriptions of four new species of the genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Microphoridae, Parathalassiini) from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with notes on the relationships within the genus" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (1): 45–58.
  3. Gatt, P. (2011). "Microphorella cassari sp n., a new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tunisia". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 118 (3): 401–412. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117814.
  4. Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2012). "The Microphorella chillcotti species group: a distinctive lineage of parathalassiine flies from western North America (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.)". The Canadian Entomologist. 144 (1): 108–121. doi:10.4039/tce.2012.11.
  5. Gatt, P. (2012). "Two new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 119 (3): 287–302. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.150196.
  6. Colless, D.H. (1964). "An Australian species of Microphorella (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the phylogenetic significance of the genus". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 88: 320–323.
  7. Brooks, S.E.; Ulrich, H. (2012). "Microphorella similis sp. nov. from Switzerland, a close relative of the type species, M. praecox (Loew) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae)". Zootaxa. 3489 (1): 45–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.3.
  8. Gatt, P. (2003). "New species and records of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean region". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 110 (4): 669–684. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80205.


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