Glaesoncodes

Glaesoncodes
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Ogcodinae
Genus: †Glaesoncodes
Hennig, 1968
Species:
†G. completinervis
Binomial name
†Glaesoncodes completinervis
Hennig, 1968

Glaesoncodes is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene, though the locality is unknown (possibly Russia). It contains only one species, Glaesoncodes completinervis.

References

  1. ↑ Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566. S2CID 90493326.