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Genus Catocha

Gnat? - Catocha betsyae cecidomyiid - Catocha barberi November Fly - Catocha barberi Wood Midge - Catocha betsyae - female Diptera - Catocha - female First insect of the year - Catocha barberi - female First insect of the year - Catocha barberi - female Wood Midge - Catocha barberi - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)
Subfamily Micromyinae
Tribe Catochini
Genus Catocha
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Includes Eucatocha and Anocha
Numbers
Five described North American species
Identification
Wing membrane bare, R5 reaching wingtip, M1+2 forked with fork shorter than stem, M3 not connected to M (gap may be slight), Cu not forked.
Range
Northern Holarctic region plus one species from Pakistan
Season
Species formerly in Eucatocha and Anocha are found during winter.