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]
Berestella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
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References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.