Biology:Cretocatocha

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Short description: Genus of flies

Cretocatocha
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Catochini
Genus: Cretocatocha
Gagne, 1977
Type species
Cretocatocha mcalpinei
Gagne, 1977

Cretocatocha is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Cretocatocha mcalpinei - is only known from Canadian amber from the Late Cretaceous collected in Canada near Medicine Hat.[1] This genus was established by American entomologist Raymond J. Gagne in 1977.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q114315022 entry