Cyrtinella
Cyrtinella is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene of Poland and Russia. It contains only one species, Cyrtinella flavinigra.[1]
| Cyrtinella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtinae |
| Genus: | †Cyrtinella Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1] |
| Species: | †C. flavinigra |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cyrtinella flavinigra Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1] | |
The generic name is from the extant genus Cyrtus, referring to the possible close relationship of Cyrtinella with the genus. The specific name is a combination of the Latin words flava (yellow) and nigra (black), referring to the black and yellow coloration of the body.[1]
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.
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