Microphorites, Hennig, 1971

Zhang, Haoqiang, Han, Ye, Ren, Dong & Wang, Yongjie, 2025, Three new species of Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato: Microphorinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Zootaxa 5661 (1), pp. 108-116 : 114

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.