Microphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, though it was previously considered a subfamily of Empididae or a family of its own.
Genera
The subfamily includes seven genera, two extant and five extinct:
- â Avenaphora <small>Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999</small> â Early Cretaceous
- â Curvus <small>Kaddumi, 2005</small> â Jordanian amber, Albian
- â Meghyperiella <small>Meunier, 1908</small> â Baltic amber and Rovno amber, Eocene
- Microphor <small>Macquart, 1827</small>
- â Microphorites <small>Hennig, 1971</small> â Early Cretaceous-Eocene
- â Pristinmicrophor <small>Tang, Shi, Wang & Yang, 2019</small> â Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- Schistostoma <small>Becker, 1902</small>
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