Schlingeromyia

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Schlingeromyia
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Acrocerinae
Genus: Schlingeromyia
Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011[1]
Species:
S. minuta
Binomial name
Schlingeromyia minuta
Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011[1]

Schlingeromyia is an

Upper Cretaceous fossils in Burmese amber from Myanmar. It contains only one species, Schlingeromyia minuta.[1][2]

The genus is named in honor of Evert I. Schlinger. The specific name is the Latin word for "small", referring to the very small size of the species.[1]

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