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Basilewsky's cranefly

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Basilewsky's cranefly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Genus: Dicranomyia
Species:
D. basilewskyana
Binomial name
Dicranomyia basilewskyana

Basilewsky's cranefly (Dicranomyia basilewskyana) is an insect species. It was thought to be extinct for 50 years until 2016, when one landed on an entomologist driving a car in Saint Helena.[1]

References

  1. ^ Basilewsky’s cranefly: Insect thought to be extinct for decades lands on expert sent to hunt for it


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