Catarete is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The one described species - Catarete brevinervis - is only known from Sweden.[1] The genus was established in 1929 by British entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards.[1]

Catarete
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Catochini
Genus: Catarete
Edwards, 1929
Species:
C. brevinervis
Binomial name
Catarete brevinervis
(Zetterstedt, 1851)

References

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  1. ^ 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.