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(Redirected from Schlingeromyia minuta) Extinct genus of flies

Schlingeromyia
Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Acrocerinae
Genus: †Schlingeromyia
Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011
Species: †S. minuta
Binomial name
†Schlingeromyia minuta
Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011

Schlingeromyia is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from Upper Cretaceous fossils in Burmese amber from Myanmar. It contains only one species, Schlingeromyia minuta.

The genus is named in honor of Evert I. Schlinger. The specific name is the Latin word for "small", referring to the very small size of the species.

References

  1. ^ Grimaldi, DA; Arillo, A; Cumming, JM; Hauser, M (2011). "Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa". ZooKeys (148): 293–332. Bibcode:2011ZooK..148..293G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.148.1809. PMC 3264415. PMID 22287902.
  2. Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566. S2CID 90493326.
Taxon identifiers
Schlingeromyia


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