Eulonchiella
Eulonchiella Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Subfamily: | Philopotinae |
Genus: | †Eulonchiella Meunier, 1912 |
Species: | †E. eocenica
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Binomial name | |
†Eulonchiella eocenica Meunier, 1912
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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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Acroceridae
- Prehistoric Diptera genera
- Monotypic Brachycera genera
- Nemestrinoidea genera
- Baltic amber
- Eocene insects
- Nemestrinoidea stubs