''Cretomicrophorus'' is an extinct genus of

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

in the family

Dolichopodidae Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally a ...

from the

Upper Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...

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and the

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. The generic name is a combination of the

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word ''creta'' ("chalk") and the generic name '' Microphorus''.

Species

The genus contains three species: * †''

Cretomicrophorus novemundus ''Cretomicrophorus'' is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia, France and the United States. The generic name is a combination of the Latin word ''creta'' ("chalk") and the generic name '' Micro ...

'' Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 * †''

Cretomicrophorus piolencensis ''Cretomicrophorus'' is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia, France and the United States. The generic name is a combination of the Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belongi ...

'' Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017 (PDF given is the manuscript version) * †''

Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi ''Cretomicrophorus'' is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia, France and the United States. The generic name is a combination of the Latin word ''creta'' ("chalk") and the generic name '' Micro ...

'' Negrobov, 1978

References

† A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species). It is one of the modern descendan ...

Prehistoric Diptera genera Late Cretaceous insects {{cretaceous-insect-stub