†Cretomiastor ferejunctus 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
Belongs to Cretomiastor according to M. Jaschhof 2021
See also Gagné 1977 and Gagné and Jaschhof 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CAS 1163c, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC June 1974 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
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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