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Hoffeinsomyia
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Genus: Hoffeinsomyia
Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1]
Species:
H. leptogaster
Binomial name
Hoffeinsomyia leptogaster
Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1]

Hoffeinsomyia is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene of Russia. It contains only one species, Hoffeinsomyia leptogaster.[1]

The genus is named in honor of Christel and Hans Werner Hoffeins. The specific name is a combination of the Greek words lepto (slender) and gaster (abdomen).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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.