Septocellula is an extinct genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, Septocellula asiatica, described from Eocene amber found near Fushun, China.[1][2]
| Septocellula Temporal range: Eocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | †Eodolichopoditinae |
| Genus: | †Septocellula Hong, 1981 |
| Species: | †S. asiatica
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| †Septocellula asiatica Hong, 1981
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The genus Septocellula was first described in 1981 by You-chong Hong, who assigned to it three species: Septocellula asiatica, Septocellula fera and Septocellula trichopoda. In 2002, the latter two species were transferred by Hong to their own genera – Orbilabia and Wangia (later renamed Fushuniregis), respectively.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b Hong, Y.C. (2002). 中国琥珀昆虫志 [Amber Insects of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Beijing Scientific and Technological Publishing House. pp. 367–368. ISBN 9787530426227.
- ^ a b Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Bickel, D.J. (2021). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Dolichopodidae genus-group names (Insecta: Diptera)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 141 (Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. I): 5–11.
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