Catotrichinae is a
subfamily of
Cecidomyiidae
Cecidomyiidae is a family of 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 insects us ...
. 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 ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
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
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the ...
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Edwards, 1938
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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 ep ...
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Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2008
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Trichoceromyia
''Trichoceromyia'' is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There is one described species in this genus: '' Trichoceromyia oregonensis''. It is only known from Oregon.
References
Cecidomyiidae genera
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Jaschhof & Fitzgerald, 2016
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Trichotoca
''Trichotoca'' is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are two described species in this genus, both known only from Australia.
Species
* ''Trichotoca edentula'' Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2008
* ''Trichotoca fraterna'' (Jaschhof 2000) ...
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Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2008
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Wheeleriola
''Wheeleriola'' is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species in this genus - '' Wheeleriola perplexa'' - is known only from New Zeland.
References
Cecidomyiidae genera
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Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2020
References
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Nematocera subfamilies