| Curvus khuludi Temporal range:
Lower Cretaceous (
Albian),
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Microphorinae |
| Genus: | †
Curvus Kaddumi, 2005 |
| Species: | †C. khuludi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Curvus khuludi Kaddumi, 2005
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Curvus khuludi is an extinct species of fly from the Lower Cretaceous of Jordan, belonging to the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only member of the genus Curvus. [1] [2] [3]
References
- ^ Shamshev, I. V.; Perkovsky, E. E. (2022). "A review of fossil taxa of Microphorinae (Diptera, Dolichopodidae sensu lato), with redescription of the Eocene genus Meghyperiella Meunier". Zootaxa. 5150 (3): 411–427. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.6. S2CID 249480881.
- ^ "Curvus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.884863.
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