Microphorella

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Parathalassiinae
Genus: Microphorella
Species: M. acroptera – M. beckeri – M. bira – M. brevirada – M. cassari – M. chilicotti – M. chiragra – M. curtipes – M. ebejeri – M. emiliae – M. iota – M. longitarsis – M. macdonaldi – M. malaysiana – M. mamillata – M. ornatipes – M. papuana – M. praecox – M. satunensis – M. similis – M. tubifera – M. ulrichi – M. vespera – M. vockerothi
Name

Microphorella Becker, 1909

Type species: Microphorus praecox Loew, 1864
References
Primary references

Becker 1909: Wien. ent. Ztg., 28, 25.

Additional references

Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2012. The Microphorella chillcotti species group: a distinctive lineage of parathalassiine flies from western North America (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.). The Canadian Entomologist 144(1): 108–121. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2012.11 Paywall. Reference page.
Brooks, S.E. & Ulrich, H. 2012. Microphorella similis sp. nov. from Switzerland, a close relative of the type species, M. praecox (Loew) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae). Zootaxa 3489: 45–57. Preview PDF Reference page.
Colless, D.H. 1964. An Australian species of Microphorella (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the phylogenetic significance of the genus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88: 320–323. BHL
Cumming, J.M. & Brooks, S.E. 2022. Establishment of the Microphorella breviradia species group, with a key to the Nearctic species groups of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato: Parathalassiinae). Zootaxa 5134(2): 197–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.2.2 Open access. Reference page.
Gatt, P. 2003. New species and records of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean region. Revue suisse de Zoologie 110(4): 669–684. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80205 BHL
Gatt, P. 2011. Microphorella cassari sp n., a new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tunisia. Revue suisse de Zoologie 118(3): 401–412. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.117814 BHL
Gatt, P. 2012. Two new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean. Revue suisse de Zoologie 119(3): 287–302. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.150196 BHL
Shamshev, I.V. 2004. A new species of the genus Microphorella Becker from the Far East of Russia, with notes on some morphological features in the Microphorinae (Diptera: Empidoidea). Studia dipterologica 10(2): 527–535. Abstract
Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2004. Descriptions of four new species of the genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Microphoridae, Parathalassiini) from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with notes on the relationships within the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 45–58. PDF

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Microphorella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is currently considered both paraphyletic and polyphyletic, and several species groups may need to be recognised as subgenera or genera.[1]
Species

Microphorella acroptera Melander, 1927
Microphorella beckeri (Strobl, 1910)
Microphorella bira Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
Microphorella cassari Gatt, 2011[3]
Microphorella chillcotti Brooks & Cumming, 2012[4]
Microphorella chiragra Melander, 1927
Microphorella curtipes Becker, 1910
Microphorella ebejeri Gatt, 2012[5]
Microphorella emiliae Shamshev, 2004
Microphorella iota Colless, 1964[6]
Microphorella longitarsis Melander, 1927
Microphorella malaysiana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
Microphorella mamillata Gatt, 2012[5]
Microphorella ornatipes Melander, 1927
Microphorella papuana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
Microphorella praecox (Loew, 1864)
Microphorella satunensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004[2]
Microphorella similis Brooks in Brooks & Ulrich, 2012[7]
Microphorella tubifera Melander, 1927
Microphorella ulrichi Gatt, 2003[8]
Microphorella vockerothi Brooks & Cumming, 2012[4]

Microphorella merzi Gatt, 2003[8] has been moved to Eothalassius.[1]
References

Cumming, J.M.; Brooks, S.E. (2019). "Phylogenetic analysis and preliminary classification of the Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 4648 (1): 111–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5.
Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2004). "Descriptions of four new species of the genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Microphoridae, Parathalassiini) from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with notes on the relationships within the genus" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (1): 45–58.
Gatt, P. (2011). "Microphorella cassari sp n., a new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tunisia". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 118 (3): 401–412. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117814.
Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2012). "The Microphorella chillcotti species group: a distinctive lineage of parathalassiine flies from western North America (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.)". The Canadian Entomologist. 144 (1): 108–121. doi:10.4039/tce.2012.11.
Gatt, P. (2012). "Two new species of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 119 (3): 287–302. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.150196.
Colless, D.H. (1964). "An Australian species of Microphorella (Diptera: Empididae), with notes on the phylogenetic significance of the genus". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 88: 320–323.
Brooks, S.E.; Ulrich, H. (2012). "Microphorella similis sp. nov. from Switzerland, a close relative of the type species, M. praecox (Loew) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae)". Zootaxa. 3489 (1): 45–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.3.
Gatt, P. (2003). "New species and records of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean region". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 110 (4): 669–684. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80205.