Hoffeinsomyia
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]
| Hoffeinsomyia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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]
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.
- Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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