Hoffeinsomyia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Subfamily: | Philopotinae |
Genus: | †
Hoffeinsomyia Gillung & Winterton, 2017 [1] |
Species: | †H. leptogaster
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†Hoffeinsomyia leptogaster Gillung & Winterton, 2017
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Hoffeinsomyia is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast, 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 said to be a combination of the Greek words lepto (slender) and gaster (abdomen). [1] The proper word for slender in ancient Greek is however leptos/ē/on (λεπτός/ή/όν). [2]