†Cretomiastor 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: Heteropezini according to M. Jaschhof 2021
See also Carpenter 1992, Fedotova and Perkovsky 2020 and Gagné and Jaschhof 2014
Sister taxa: Electroxylomyia, Estoperpetua, Frirenia, Henria, Heteropeza, Krassiloviola, Leptosyna, Miastor, Monodicrana, Neostenoptera, Rasnitsia, Stellasegna, Tutkowskia, Ventosagloria, Vincinescia
Subtaxa: Cretomiastor ferejunctus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Manitoba collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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