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Cretocordylomyia

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Genus of flies

Cretocordylomyia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Campylomyzini
Genus: Cretocordylomyia
Gagne, 1977
Type species
Cretocordylomyia quadriseries
Gagne, 1977

Cretocordylomyia is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Cretocordylomyia quadriseries - is only known from Canadian amber from the Late Cretaceous collected in Canada near Cedar Lake. This genus was established by American entomologist Raymond J. Gagne in 1977.

References

  1. ^ R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
Taxon identifiers
Cretocordylomyia


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