Biology:Retinitus

From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct genus of Dolichopodid flies

Retinitus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous, 85.8–84.9 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Parathalassiinae
Genus: Retinitus
Negrobov, 1978[1]
Species:
R. nervosus
Binomial name
Retinitus nervosus
Negrobov, 1978[1]

Retinitus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, Retinitus nervosus, from the Upper Cretaceous of the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia . The generic name comes from "retinite" (fossil resin), and the specific name comes from the Latin word nervus.[1]

References

Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdolicho.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7316790 entry