†Hoffeinsomyia Gillung and Winterton 2017 (spider fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Acroceridae
Full reference: J. P. Gillung and S. L. Winterton. 2017. A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16:325-350
Parent taxon: Philopotinae according to J. P. Gillung and S. L. Winterton 2019
See also Gillung and Winterton 2017
Sister taxa: Archaeterphis, Eulonchiella, Prophilopota
Subtaxa: Hoffeinsomyia leptogaster
Type: Hoffeinsomyia leptogaster
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)
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