Anocha

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Anocha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Catochini
Genus: Anocha
Pritchard, 1948
Type species
Anocha spinosa
(Felt, 1913)

Anocha is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The eight described species are known from the holarctic region. [1] The genus was first described by Arthur Earl Pritchard in 1948. [1]

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References

  1. 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.