Dungeyella
Extinct genus of flies
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Dungeyella is an extinct genus of chironomid midge from the Wealden amber of the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK, containing the single species D. gavini. it belongs to the subfamily Buchonomyiinae.[1][2]
| Dungeyella Temporal range: Barremian, | |
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| Holotype specimen of Dungeyella in amber | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chironomidae |
| Subfamily: | Buchonomyiinae |
| Genus: | †Dungeyella |
| Species: | †D. gavini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dungeyella gavini Jarzembowski, et al. 2009 | |
