Retinitus

Not to be confused with Retinitis.

Retinitus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, Retinitus nervosus, from the Upper Cretaceous of the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia. The generic name comes from "retinite" (fossil resin), and the specific name comes from the Latin word nervus.^[1]

Retinitus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous, 85.8–84.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Parathalassiinae
Genus:	†Retinitus Negrobov, 1978[1]
Species:	†R. nervosus
Binomial name
†Retinitus nervosus Negrobov, 1978[1]