Cretocatocha
| Cretocatocha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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
[edit]- 1 2 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.
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