Lestremia

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Lestremia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Lestremiinae
Genus: Lestremia
Macquart, 1826
Type species
Lestremia cinerea
Macquart, 1826
Synonyms
  • CecidogonaLoew, 1844
  • LesremyaRondani, 1856
  • LestreminaShinji, 1944
  • LestremyiaShinji, 1944

Lestremia is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are 18 described species in this genus. [1] It was established by French entomologist Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart in 1826. [1]

Species


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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.