Cretomicrophorus

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 Microphorus.

Species

The genus contains three species:

• †Cretomicrophorus novemundus <small>Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999</small> – New Jersey amber, Turonian
• †Cretomicrophorus piolencensis <small>Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2017</small> – Piolenc amber, France, Santonian
• †Cretomicrophorus rohdendorfi <small>Negrobov, 1978</small> – Taymyr amber, Coniacian/Santonian

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