Trichonta

Trichonta Temporal range: Eocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trichonta inside Jack in the pulpit flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Mycetophilidae
Genus:	Trichonta Winnertz, 1863
Species
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Trichonta is a genus of flies belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

• T. aberrans Lundstrom, 1911
• T. aberransida Hong, Wang & Xu, 2008
• †T. brachycamptoides Meunier, 1904 (Priabonian, Baltic Amber)
• †T. crassipes Meunier, 1904 (Priabonian, Baltic Amber)
• †T. dawsoni Scudder, 1877 (Eocene?, Quesnel)

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