Corethrella marksae

Corethrella marksae is a species of frog-biting midge in the family Corethrellidae first circumscribed in 1986 by entomologist D. H. Colless, who named it in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Nesta Marks. It is the type species for the marksae species-group.^[1][2]

Corethrella marksae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Corethrellidae
Genus:	Corethrella
Species:	C. marksae
Binomial name
Corethrella marksae Colless, 1986
Synonyms
Corethra marksae Colless, 1986

The type specimens of C. marksae were collected from a "small, pebbly back-water of a flowing river" in Australia.^[1][2]