Gagnea is a genus of wood midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Gagnea tsutaensis - is known only from Japan.[1][2] The genus was established by Mathias Jaschhof in 2001 and named after American entomologist Raymond Gagné.[1][2]
Gagnea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Subfamily: | Micromyinae |
Tribe: | Peromyiini |
Genus: | Gagnea Jaschhof, 2001 |
Type species | |
Gagnea tsutaensis Jaschhof, 2001
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References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Mathias Jaschhof (31 March 2001). "On the Lestremiinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of Japan Part 2: Tribe Peromyiini Kleesattel, 1979" (PDF). Esakia. 41: 37–147. doi:10.5109/2652. hdl:2324/2652. ISSN 0071-1268. Wikidata Q99544855. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2020.