| Septocellula Temporal range: Eocene, 55.8–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Septocellula asiatica Hong, 1981 | |
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.
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.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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