Biology:Catotricha

Short description: Genus of flies

Catotricha
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Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily:	Catotrichinae
Genus:	Catotricha Edwards, 1938
Type species
Catotricha americana (Felt, 1908)

Catotricha is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The five described species in Catotricha are found in the holarctic region. This genus was established by British entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards in 1938.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Catotricha:

• Catotricha americana (Felt, 1908)
• Catotricha marinae Mamaev, 1985
• Catocha nipponensis Alexander 1924
• Catotricha subobsoleta (Alexander, 1924)
• Catotricha subterranea Mamaev, 1985

Further reading

• Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-1918-8. 
• Gagné, R. J. (1994). The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-2786-2. 
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition. Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80420580/Gagne_2017_World_Cat_4th_ed.pdf. 
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 1981. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8. http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.817747/publication.html. 
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA. http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12454900/Gagne_2014_World_Cecidomyiidae_Catalog_3rd_Edition.pdf. 

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