Biology:Gagnea

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Short description: Genus of flies

Gagnea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Peromyiini
Genus: Gagnea
Jaschhof, 2001
Type species
Gagnea tsutaensis
Jaschhof, 2001

Gagnea is a genus of wood midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Gagnea tsutaensis - is known only from Japan.[1][2] The genus was established by Mathias Jaschhof in 2001 and named after American entomologist Raymond Gagné.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18107984 entry