Dungeyella
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| Dungeyella Temporal range: Barremian, | |
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| Holotype specimen of Dungeyella in amber | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Buchonomyiinae |
| Genus: | †Dungeyella |
| Species: | †D. gavini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dungeyella gavini Jarzembowski, et al. 2009 | |
Dungeyella is an extinct genus of chironomid midge from the Wealden amber of the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK, containing the single species D. gavini. it belongs to the subfamily Buchonomyiinae.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Jarzembowski, E.; Azar, D.; Nel, A. (2009-04-24). "A new chironomid (Insecta: Diptera) from Wealden amber (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight (UK)". Geologica Acta. 6 (3): 285–291. doi:10.1344/105.000000257. ISSN 1696-5728.
- ^ Baranov, Viktor; Giłka, Wojciech; Zakrzewska, Marta; Jarzembowski, Edmund (March 2019). "New non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Lower Cretaceous Wealden amber of the Isle of Wight (UK)". Cretaceous Research. 95: 138–145. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.012. S2CID 131766366.
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