Palaeoargyra
| Palaeoargyra Temporal range: Eocene (Priabonian),
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaphorinae |
| Genus: | † Meunier, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Palaeoargyra dytei (= Argyra mutabilis Meunier, 1907) Evenhuis, 1994
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| Species | |
Palaeoargyra is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber. It contains two described species, Palaeoargyra mutabilis and Palaeoargyra planipedia. It was originally proposed as a subgenus of Argyra, but was later considered a separate genus.[3]
No type species had been designated for the genus until 1994, when Neal Evenhuis described P. dytei. However, in 2014, Igor Grichanov found that the genus had apparently been proposed for Argyra mutabilis Meunier, 1907, and that P. dytei was a synonym of this species.[3]
In 2024, the genus was expanded to include a second species, Palaeoargyra planipedia (Meunier, 1907), formerly placed in Anepsiomyia.[2]
References
- ^ Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 209–211.
- ^ a b Grichanov, I. Ya. (2024). "A New Extinct Genus of Long-Legged Flies, with a Brief Review and Key to Extinct Genera of Baltic Amber Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Paleontological Journal. 57 (3 supplement): S246 – S261. doi:10.1134/S0031030123600051.
- ^ a b Grichanov, I. Ya.; Negrobov, O. P.; Selivanova, O. V. (2014). "Two new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber and some new combinations" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 23 (1): 61–70. doi:10.15298/rusentj.23.1.08.
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.