''Microphorites'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

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 hindwin ...

in the family

Dolichopodidae Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus '' Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally a ...

Species

* †''Microphorites deploegi'' Nel, Perrichot, Daugeron & Néraudeau, 2004 Charentese amber, France,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

* †''Microphorites erikai'' Bramuzzo & Nel, 2017

Oise amber Oise amber () is a type of amber found near the Oise river near Creil in northern France. Oise amber is around 53 million years old, dating to the Early Eocene (Ypresian). Oise amber is softer than Baltic amber, although Oise amber is older ...

, France,

Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...

* †''Microphorites extinctus'' Hennig, 1971

Lebanese amber Lebanese amber is fossilized resin found in Lebanon and its surroundings. It dates back approximately 130-125 million years to the Barremian of the Early Cretaceous. It formed on what was then the northern coast of Gondwana, believed to be a tropic ...

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...

* †''Microphorites magaliae'' Perrichot & Engel, 2014 Vendée amber, France,

Turonian The Turonian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS' geologic timescale, the second age (geology), age in the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch, or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the Upper Cretaceous series (stratigraphy), ...

* †''Microphorites moravicus'' Tkoč, Nel & Prokop, 2016 Studlov amber, Czech Republic,

Paleocene The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), ...

* †''Microphorites oculeus'' Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 Lebanese amber, Barremian * †''Microphorites pouilloni'' Ngô-Muller & Nel ''in'' Ngô-Muller, Garrouste, Pouillon & Nel, 2020

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...

, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †''Microphorites similis'' Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999 Lebanese amber, Barremian * †''Microphorites utrillensis'' Peñalver ''in'' Arillo, Peñalver & Delclòs, 2008 San Just amber,

Escucha Formation The Escucha Formation is a geological Formation (geology), formation in La Rioja Province, Spain, La Rioja and Teruel Province, Teruel provinces of northeastern Spain whose strata date back to the late Aptian to middle Albian stages of the Early ...

, Spain,

Albian The Albian is both an age (geology), age of the geologic timescale and a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early/Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch/s ...

References

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Prehistoric Diptera genera Taxa named by Willi Hennig Late Cretaceous insects Paleocene insects of Europe Eocene insects of Europe Lebanese amber Burmese amber Ypresian insects {{paleo-insect-stub