Biology:Cyrtinella
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Short description: Extinct genus of flies
| Cyrtinella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtinae |
| Genus: | †Cyrtinella Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1] |
| Species: | †C. flavinigra
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cyrtinella flavinigra Gillung & Winterton, 2017[1]
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Cyrtinella is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. The genus is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene of Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia . It contains only one species, Cyrtinella flavinigra.[1]
The generic name is derived from the extant genus Cyrtus, referring to the possible close relationship of Cyrtinella with the genus. The specific name is a combination of the Latin words flava (yellow) and nigra (black), referring to the black and yellow coloration of the body.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q55608739 entry
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