Trichoceromyia

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Trichoceromyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Catotrichinae
Genus: Trichoceromyia
Jaschhof & Fitzgerald, 2016
Type species
Trichoceromyia oregonensis
Jaschhof & Fitzgerald, 2016

Trichoceromyia is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There is one described species in this genus: Trichoceromyia oregonensis . [1] [2] It is only known from Oregon. [1] [2]

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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.
  2. 1 2 Mathias Jaschhof; Scott J. Fitzgerald (2016). "Trichoceromyia oregonensis gen. et spec. nov.,a third Catotrichinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from the Nearctic Region". Studia dipterologica. 22 (1): 59–66. ISSN   0945-3954. Wikidata   Q113883346.