†Hoffeinsomyia leptogaster 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
Belongs to Hoffeinsomyia according to J. P. Gillung and S. L. Winterton 2019
See also Gillung and Winterton 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CCHH 1385-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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