
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.
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
Insecta, Arthropoda, Diptera, Animalia, Biodiversity, Dolichopodidae, Microphorites, Taxonomy
Insecta, Arthropoda, Diptera, Animalia, Biodiversity, Dolichopodidae, Microphorites, Taxonomy
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