Hoffeinsomyia

Hoffeinsomyia; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Acroceridae
Subfamily:	Philopotinae
Genus:	†Hoffeinsomyia; Gillung & Winterton, 2017
Species:	†H. leptogaster
Binomial name
	†Hoffeinsomyia leptogaster; Gillung & Winterton, 2017

Hoffeinsomyia is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast, 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 said to be a combination of the Greek words lepto (slender) and gaster (abdomen).^[1] The proper word for slender in ancient Greek is however leptos/ē/on (λεπτός/ή/όν).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. S2CID 90493326.
^ Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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[GillungWinterton2017-1] 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. S2CID 90493326.

[Liddell_&_Scott-2] Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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