Berestella

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Berestella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Genus: Berestella
Fedotova & Perkovsky, 2007
Type species
Berestella insuperabilis
Fedotova & Perkovsky, 2007

Berestella is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The only described species - Berestella insuperabilis - is only known from Rovno amber from the Late Eocene. [1] The genus was established in 2007 and named for Ukrainian entomologist Zoya L. Berest. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN   978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata   Q109561625.
  2. Zoya A. Fedotova; Evgeny Perkovsky (2007). "New gall midges of the subfamily Lestremiinae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Rovno amber". Paleontological Journal . 41 (4): 437–450. ISSN   0031-0301. Wikidata   Q114055146.