Metanephrocerus
Extinct genus of flies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metanephrocerus is an extinct genus of big-headed flies in the dipteran subfamily Protonephrocerinae, for which it is one of only two genera. The genus contains four described species, Metanephrocerus belgardeae, M. collini, M. groehni, and M. hoffeinsorum. Metanephrocerus is known from a group of Middle Eocene fossils which were found in Europe and a single early Eocene fossil from North America.[1][2]
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Metanephrocerus belgardeae holotype | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Pipunculidae |
Subfamily: | Protonephrocerinae |
Genus: | †Metanephrocerus Carpenter & Hull, 1939 |
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