Retinitus

Retinitus; Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Parathalassiinae
Genus:	†Retinitus; Negrobov, 1978[1]
Species:	†R. nervosus
Binomial name
	†Retinitus nervosus; Negrobov, 1978[1]

Retinitus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Cretaceous of Russia. It contains only one species, Retinitus nervosus. The generic name comes from "retinite" (fossil resin), and the specific name comes from the Latin word nervus.[1]

References

Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" [Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia] (PDF). Paleontological Journal (in Russian). 12 (2): 221–228.

Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.

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[Negrobov1978-1] Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" [Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia] (PDF). Paleontological Journal (in Russian). 12 (2): 221–228.