Menssana is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Menssana norilsk - is only known from Taymyr amber from the Late Cretaceous.[1]

Menssana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Micromyini
Genus: Menssana
Fedotova & Perkovsky, 2016
Type species
Menssana norilsk
Fedotova & Perkovsky, 2016

References edit

  1. ^ R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.