Cretocatocha
Genus of flies
Cretocatocha is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Cretocatocha mcalpinei - is only known from Canadian amber from the Late Cretaceous collected in Canada near Medicine Hat.[1] This genus was established by American entomologist Raymond J. Gagne in 1977.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Micromyinae |
| Tribe: | Catochini |
| Genus: | Cretocatocha Gagne, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| Cretocatocha mcalpinei Gagne, 1977
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References
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