Basilewsky's cranefly

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Basilewsky's cranefly (Dicranomyia basilewskyana) is an insect species. It was thought to be extinct for 50 years until 2016, when one landed on an entomologist driving a car in Saint Helena.[1]

Basilewsky's cranefly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Genus: Dicranomyia
Species:
D. basilewskyana
Binomial name
Dicranomyia basilewskyana

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