Hoffeinsomyia

Hoffeinsomyia; Temporal range: Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
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 2 3 4 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.

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[GillungWinterton2017-1] 1 2 3 4 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.