Eoacridophagus, Myskowiak, Justine, Garrouste, Romain & Nel, Andre, 2016

Myskowiak, Justine, Garrouste, Romain & Nel, Andre, 2016, A new genus and species of micro bee fly from the Earliest Eocene French amber (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Psiloderoidinae), Zootaxa 4114 (5), pp. 583-586 : 583

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6BAD4802-C83C-4970-962B-1803DAA80A5B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6090492
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/627FB778-D31F-C762-FF5B-37F8FB5264EB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Eoacridophagus
status	gen. nov.

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Genus Eoacridophagus View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species. Eoacridophagus azari sp. nov. (here designated) Diagnosis. Reduced mouthparts with proboscis very short; discal cell open in wing margin; anal area narrow; cell

cup closed before wing margin, reaching it by a short stalk; r-m situated well basal of level of apex of R1, R2+3 not

sigmoidal.

Etymology. Named after the Eocene period and the genus Acridophagus . Gender masculine.