Catotrichinae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

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 ...

. Members of this subfamily were formerly included in Lestremiinae and are considered the most primitive members Cecidomyiidae. The larvae feed on fungi. Five

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

are currently recognized.

Genera

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Catotricha ''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 Frederick Wallace Edw ...

'' Edwards, 1938 * †''

Mesotrichoca ''Mesotrichoca'' is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species in the genus - '' Mesotrichoca mesozoica'' - is known only from Siberia from a sediment fossil associated with the Late Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous Lo ...

'' Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2008 * ''

Trichoceromyia ''Trichoceromyia'' is a genus of midges 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 abnor ...

'' Jaschhof & Fitzgerald, 2016 * ''

Trichotoca ''Trichotoca'' is a genus of midges 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 p ...

'' Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2008 * '' Wheeleriola'' Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2020

References

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