Biology:Forbesomyia

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Short description: Genus of flies

Forbesomyia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Catochini
Genus: Forbesomyia
Malloch, 1914
Type species
Forbesomyia atra
Malloch, 1914

Forbesomyia is a genus of wood midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Forbesomyia atra - is known from North America.[1] The genus was established by Scottish entomologist John Russell Malloch in 1914.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18107980 entry