''Palaeoargyra'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber. It contains only one species, ''Palaeoargyra mutabilis''. It was originally proposed as a subgenus of ''

Argyra ''Argyra'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The name "''Argyra''" comes from the Greek word for "silver". Species *'' Argyra albicans'' Loew, 1861 *'' Argyra albicoxa'' Van Duzee, 1925 *'' Argyra albiventris'' Loew, 1864 ...

'', but was later considered a separate genus. No type species had been designated for the genus until 1994, when

Neal Evenhuis Neal Luit Evenhuis (born Kornelus Luit Evenhuis on 16 April 1952;) is an American entomologist. He works at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. Evenhuis has described over 500 species of insects since 1976, and is known both for his research and peculia ...

described ''P. dytei''. However, in 2014,

Igor Grichanov Igor Yakovlevich Grichanov (russian: link=no, Игорь Яковлевич Гричанов; born 10 September 1958) is a Russian entomologist and ecologist. As a taxonomist, he specialised on Diptera notably Dolichopodidae. He joined the staff ...

found that the genus had apparently been proposed for ''Argyra mutabilis'', and that ''P. dytei'' was a synonym of this species.

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Prehistoric Diptera genera Baltic amber Priabonian insects {{paleo-insect-stub