Microphorella

Microphorella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is currently considered both paraphyletic and polyphyletic, and several species groups may need to be recognised as subgenera or genera.

Species
Species groups as defined by Cumming & Brooks (2019):
 * Microphorella short R1 species group:
 * three undescribed species from western North America
 * †Microphorella fragilis Cumming & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al., 2022 – Middle Eocene, Kishenehn Formation
 * Microphorella malaysiana species group:
 * Microphorella bira Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 – Sulawesi
 * Microphorella malaysiana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 – Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia
 * Microphorella papuana Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 – Papua New Guinea
 * Microphorella satunensis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004 – Thailand
 * Microphorella irwini species group:
 * Microphorella irwini Brooks & Cumming, 2023 – South Africa (Western Cape Province)
 * Microphorella emiliae species group:
 * Microphorella emiliae Shamshev, 2004 – Far East Russia (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands)
 * Microphorella iota species group:
 * Microphorella iota Colless, 1964 – Australia (Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales)
 * Microphorella bungle species group:
 * Microphorella bungle Brooks & Cumming, 2022 – Australia: New South Wales (Warrumbungle National Park)
 * Microphorella viticula Brooks & Cumming, 2022 – Australia: New South Wales (Blue Mountains National Park)
 * Microphorella amorimi species group:
 * Microphorella amorimi Brooks & Cumming, 2023 – Chile (Maule Region)
 * Microphorella chillcotti species group:
 * Microphorella chillcotti Brooks & Cumming, 2012 – Canada (Alberta, British Colombia), United States (Washington)
 * Microphorella vockerothi Brooks & Cumming, 2012 – Canada (Yukon)
 * Microphorella curtipes species group:
 * Microphorella beckeri (Strobl, 1910) – Central Europe
 * Microphorella curtipes (Becker, 1910) – north Italy, Corsica, Sardinia
 * ?Microphorella ulrichi Gatt, 2003 – Tunisia, Morocco
 * Microphorella chiragra species group:
 * Microphorella chiragra Melander, 1927 – United States
 * Microphorella longitarsis Melander, 1927 – United States
 * Microphorella ornatipes Melander, 1927 – United States
 * 11 undescribed species from western North America
 * Microphorella acroptera species group:
 * Microphorella acroptera Melander, 1927 – United States
 * Microphorella tubifera Melander, 1927 – United States
 * nine undescribed species from western North America
 * Genus Microphorella s.str.:
 * Microphorella cassari Gatt, 2011 – Tunisia
 * Microphorella ebejeri Gatt, 2012 – Israel
 * Microphorella praecox (Loew, 1864) – Europe
 * Microphorella similis Brooks in Brooks & Ulrich, 2012 – Switzerland
 * Microphorella mamillata Gatt, 2012 – Tunisia

The Mediterranean species Microphorella merzi Gatt, 2003 is now classified in Eothalassius.