Berestella

Berestella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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. The genus was established in 2007 and named for Ukrainian entomologist Zoya L. Berest.

References

  1. 1 2 Gagné, Raymond; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
  2. ↑ Fedotova, Zoya; 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.