Biology:Schlingeriella

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Short description: Genus of flies

Schlingeriella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Genus: Schlingeriella
Gillung & Winterton, 2011[1]
Species:
S. irwini
Binomial name
Schlingeriella irwini
Gillung & Winterton, 2011[1]

Schlingeriella is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). It contains only one species, Schlingeriella irwini, endemic to New Caledonia.[1]

The genus is named in honor of Evert I. Schlinger, who collected specimens of the species and was also an expert on Acroceridae. The species is named in honor of the entomologist Michael E. Irwin.[1]

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