Trichotoca

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Trichotoca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Catotrichinae
Genus: Trichotoca
Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2008
Type species
Trichotoca edentula
Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2008

Trichotoca is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are two described species in this genus, both known only from Australia. [1]

Species


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References

  1. 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.