†Cretocatocha Gagné 1977 (gall midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Full reference: R. Gagné. 1977. Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) from Canadian amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 79:57-62
Parent taxon: Catochini according to M. Jaschhof 2021
See also Carpenter 1992, Fedotova and Perkovsky 2020, Gagné 1977 and Gagné and Jaschhof 2014
Sister taxon: Caputmunda
Subtaxa: Cretocatocha mcalpinei
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC May 1973 collection) (Cretaceous of Alberta)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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