Eulonchiella

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Eulonchiella
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Genus: Eulonchiella
Meunier, 1912
Species:
E. eocenica
Binomial name
Eulonchiella eocenica
Meunier, 1912

Eulonchiella is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene, though the locality is unknown (possibly Russia). It contains only one species, Eulonchiella eocenica.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
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