Wheeleriola

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Wheeleriola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Catotrichinae
Genus: Wheeleriola
Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2020
Type species
Wheeleriola perplexa
Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2020

Wheeleriola is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species in this genus - Wheeleriola perplexa - is known only from New Zealand.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Mathias Jaschhof; Catrin Jaschhof (18 September 2020). "Wheeleriola perplexa gen. et sp. nov., the first member of Catotrichinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) found in New Zealand". Zootaxa. 4852 (5): 565–570. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4852.5.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056396. Wikidata Q100556568.