Published July 14, 2025 | Version v1

Microphorites Hennig 1971

  • 1. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China & College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
  • 2. Henan Natural History Museum, Jinshuidonglu 18, Zheng-dongxin Dsitrict, Zhengzhou 450016, China
  • 3. College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
  • 4. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China

Description

Key to species of Microphorites

1 Pterostigma present................................................................................... 2

- Pterostigma absent.................................................................................... 3

2 Length of cell bm nearly equal to cell cua........................................... M. erikai Bramuzzo & Nel

- Length of cell bm longer than cell cua........................................ M. moravicus Tkoc ̌, Nel & Prokop

3 Length of stylus longer than postpedicel................................................................... 4

- Length of stylus shorter than or equal to postpedicel....................................... M. utrillensis Peñalver

4 Vein C ending at R 4+5 .................................................................................. 5

- Vein C beyond R 4+5................................................................................... 6

5 Postpedicel 2x longer than basal width........................................ M. oculeus Grimaldi & Cumming

- Postpedicel 1.7x longer than basal width, drop-shaped............................ M. similis Grimaldi & Cumming

6 Crossvein dm-m arched................................................................ M. extinctus Hennig

- Crossvein dm-m straight............................................................................... 7

7 Crossvein m-cu at the middle of cell cua........................................ M. magaliae Perrichot & Engel

- Crossvein m-cu at the apex of cell cua.................................................................... 8

8 Male leg unmodified.................................................................................. 9

- Male leg modified................................................................................... 10

9 Stylus 3.8x longer than postpedicel............................................. M. pouilloni Ngô-Muller & Nel

- Stylus 2x longer than postpedicel............................. M. deploegi Nel, Perrichot, Daugeron & Néraudeau

10 Male fore leg modified............................................. M. complanipedis Zhang & Wang sp. nov.

- Male fore leg unmodified............................................................................. 11

11 Male mid leg unmodified............................................ M. hamataculeus Zhang & Wang sp. nov.

- Male mid leg modified................................................. M. curtipedis Zhang & Wang sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Haoqiang, Han, Ye, Ren, Dong & Wang, Yongjie, 2025, Three new species of Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato: Microphorinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, pp. 108-116 in Zootaxa 5661 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/16604229

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hennig
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Microphorites
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Microphorites Hennig, 1971 sec. Zhang, Han, Ren & Wang, 2025