''Catocha'' is a genus of wood
midges
A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones. Some midg ...
in the family
Cecidomyiidae
Cecidomyiidae is a family of diptera, flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small in ...
. There are eleven described species.
The genus was established in 1833 by Irish entomologist
Alexander Henry Haliday
Alexander Henry Haliday (1806–1870, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday, Alexis Heinrich Haliday, or simply Haliday) was an Ireland, Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Thysanoptera, but wor ...
.
Species
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Catocha angulata''
Jaschhof, 2009
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Catocha barberi
''Catocha'' is a genus of wood Midge, midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are eleven described species. The genus was established in 1833 by Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday.
Species
*''Catocha angulata'' Jaschhof, 2009
*''Catoch ...
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Felt, 1913
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Catocha betsyae''
(Pritchard, 1960)
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Catocha brachycornis''
(Spungis & Jaschhof, 2000)
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Catocha incisa''
Jaschhof, 2009
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Catocha indica''
Mani, 1934
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Catocha jingfui''
Ševčík, Hippa & Burdiková, 2021
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Catocha latipes
''Catocha'' is a genus of wood Midge, midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are eleven described species. The genus was established in 1833 by Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday.
Species
*''Catocha angulata'' Jaschhof, 2009
*''Catoch ...
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Haliday, 1833
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Catocha manmiaoae''
Ševčík, Hippa & Burdiková, 2021
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Catocha shengfengae''
Ševčík, Hippa & Burdiková, 2021
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Catocha subalpina''
Jaschhof, 2009
References
Cecidomyiidae genera
Insects described in 1833
Taxa named by Alexander Henry Haliday
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