| Caputmunda | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Micromyinae |
| Tribe: | Catochini |
| Genus: | Caputmunda Fedotova & Perkovsky, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Caputmunda yantardakhica Fedotova & Perkovsky, 2016 | |
Caputmunda is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Caputmunda yantardakhica - is only known from Taymyr amber from the Late Cretaceous.[1] It differs from other genera in its tribe due to wing venation and a short first tarsomere.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Z. A. Fedotova; E. E. Perkovsky (December 2016). "First gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyioidea) from Late Cretaceous amber of the Taimyr Peninsula". Paleontological Journal. 50 (9): 1001–1026. doi:10.1134/S0031030116090033. ISSN 0031-0301. Wikidata Q56697821.
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