Trichomyia lengleti

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Trichomyia lengleti
Temporal range: Cretaceous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Psychodidae
Genus: Trichomyia
Species:
†T. lengleti
Binomial name
†Trichomyia lengleti
Lak et al., 2008

Trichomyia lengleti is an extinct species of Cretaceous fly found in the Charentes region of France. [1] [2]

It was discovered in 2008 when x-ray technology was used to peer into opaque pieces of amber.

References

  1. ↑ Fossilworks
  2. ↑ Zicha, Ondrej. "Taxon profile: species Trichomyia lengleti Lak et al., 2008". BioLib: Biological library.


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