Microphor is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, subfamily Microphorinae.
Species At least 16 extant species are described in the genus, with nine from the Palaearctic realm, one from the Oriental realm, and five from the Nearctic realm. Three fossil species have also been described. There are also several undescribed species from the sub-Mediterranean region of Europe and Turkey, and one undescribed species from the Neotropical realm. One species from the Australasian realm, Microphor hiemalis, has also been described, but it does not appear to be cogeneric and may not belong in the subfamily Microphorinae.
Microphor anomalus (Meigen, 1824) Microphor bilineatus (Melander, 1902) Microphor crassipes Macquart, 1827 Microphor defunctus Handlirsch, 1910 – Allenby Formation, Canada, Ypresian Microphor discalis Melander, 1940 Microphor eocenica (Meunier, 1902) – Baltic amber, Eocene Microphor gissaricus Shamshev, 1992 Microphor hiemalis White, 1916 Microphor holosericeus (Meigen, 1804) Microphor intermedius Collin, 1961 Microphor obscurus Coquillett, 1903 Microphor pilimanus Strobl, 1899 Microphor rostellatus Loew, 1864 Microphor rusticus (Meunier, 1908) – Baltic amber, Eocene Microphor sinensis Saigusa & Yang, 2003 Microphor skevingtoni Brooks & Cumming, 2022 Microphor strobli Chvála, 1986 Microphor turneri Brooks & Cumming, 2022 Microphor zimini Shamshev, 1995
Species transferred to Schistostoma: Microphor armipes Melander, 1928 Microphor atratus Coquillett, 1900 Microphor cirripes Melander, 1940 Microphor evisceratus Melander, 1940 Microphor isommatus Melander, 1928 Microphor ravidus Coquillett, 1895 Microphor ravus Melander, 1940: synonym of Schistostoma evisceratum (Melander, 1940) Microphor robustus Melander, 1928 Microphor strigilifer Melander, 1940 Microphor sycophantor (Melander, 1902) Microphor tacomae Melander, 1940
Species transferred to other genera: Microphorus crocatus Coquillett, 1900: now in Euthyneura Microphorus drapetoides Walker, 1849: now in Bicellaria Microphorus flavipilosus Coquillett, 1900: now in Iteaphila Microphorus gilvihirta Coquillett, 1903: now in Anthalia Microphorus zontaki Nowicki, 1870: now in Iteaphila
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