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Dolichopus latilimbatus

Dolichopus latilimbatus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Prohercostomus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber and Rovno amber from the Eocene. It was originally established as a subgenus of Hercostomus, but was later raised to genus rank. It includes 13 species described by Fernand Meunier between 1907 and 1908 that were originally placed in the genera Dolichopus, Gymnopternus and Poecilobothrus.

Distribution

Jur Heijnen · CC BY-SA
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 5