Avenaphora

Avenaphora is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from the Cretaceous of Lebanon and France.[1][2]

Avenaphora
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Microphorinae
Genus: †Avenaphora
Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[1]
Type species
†Avenaphora hispida
Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[1]

Species
  • †Avenaphora gallica Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron, 2016[2]
  • †Avenaphora hispida Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999[1]

References
  1. Grimaldi, David A.; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (1999). "Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (239): 1–124. hdl:2246/1583.
  2. Nel, André; Garrouste, Romain; Daugeron, Christophe (2017). "Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 69: 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009.
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