Prosystenus
Prosystenus is an extinct genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, Prosystenus zherichini, from the Eocene of Sakhalin Island, Russia.
| Prosystenus Temporal range: Eocene, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Genus: | †Prosystenus Negrobov, 1976[1] |
| Species: | †P. zherichini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Prosystenus zherichini Negrobov, 1976[1] | |
References
- Negrobov, O. P. (1976). "A New Genus of the Family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Paleogene Retinites of the Sea of Okhotsk". Paleontological Journal. 10 (4): 495–498.
Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.
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