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Taxonomy of Family Blephariceridae Loew, 1861
Mountain midges, net-winged midge, Net-winged midges


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
101
5519
102901
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Blephariceromorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
3
61
511
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Blephariceroidea
Hennig, 1973
3
61
511
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyBlephariceridae
Loew, 1861
Mountain midges, Net-winged midge, Net-winged midges
60
492
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Blephariceridae Loew, 1861
SubfamilyBlepharicerinae
Schiner, 1862
25
383
Genera
Species
SubfamilyEdwardsininae
Crampton, 1924
2
48
Genera
Species
GenusAblepharocera
Loew, 1877
0Species
GenusAmika
1Species
GenusAphromyia
Courtney, 0
1Species
GenusApistonyia
1Species
GenusAposonalco
Hogue, 1992
1Species
GenusAsiobia
Brodskii, 1954
1Species
GenusAstenia
Schiner, 1864
  ⇒ Blepharicera
0Species
GenusBlephadejura
Lukashevich & al., 2006
1Species
GenusBlepharicerinae
2Species
GenusBrianina
Zhang & Lukashevich, 2007
2Species
GenusCardiocrepis
Enderlein, 1936
3Species
GenusCrysops
1Species
GenusCurupira
Distant, 1888
24Species
GenusDimorphotarsa
Lutz, 1920
4Species
GenusEuliponeura
Tonnoir, 1930
2Species
GenusEupaulianina
Stuckenberg, 1959
0Species
GenusEuphasopteryx
0Species
GenusLiponevra
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Liponeura
0Species
GenusManaliella
Kaul, 1976
1Species
GenusMegaselida
Leonard, 1928
  ⇒ Megaselia
0Species
GenusMegathon
Lukashevich & Shcherbakov, 1997
2Species
GenusMetacurupira
Alexander, 1958
0Species
GenusPalaeoerioptera
Meunier, 1899
1Species
GenusPaltostomopsis
Cockerell, 1915
2Species
GenusPamita
May & Carle, 2005
1Species
GenusParablepharocera
Kitakami, 1931
0Species
GenusParacurupira
Tillyard, 1922
0Species
GenusPhilorites
Cockerell, 1908
2Species
GenusPlatyplecia
Hong, 1983
2Species
GenusRaptatores
Hong, 1983
1Species
GenusTethepomyia
Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999
4Species
GenusTianshanella
Brodsky, 1930
1Species
GenusZwickina
Lukashevich & Vorontsov, 2022
0Species

Synonyms
Ablepharoceridae (Loew, 1877)
Aspistomyinae (Kitakami, 1950)
Astenidae (Bigot, 1862)
Astheniidae (Van Brueggen, 1960)
Blephariceratidae (Rohdendorf, 1951)
Blepharicidae (Walker, 1874)
Blepharocera (Agassiz, 1846)
Blepharoceratidae (Brues & Melander, 1932)
Blepharocerida (Marschall, 1873)
Blepharoceridae (Brauer, 1869)
Sinotendipedidae (Hong and Wang, 1990)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Blephariceridae
GermanLidmücken, Netzmücken
EnglishMountain midges, Net-winged midge, Net-winged midges
DutchNetmuggen


Distribution and Species lists of Blephariceridae Loew, 1861
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Afghanistan
1 Genus  2 Species
Algeria
1 Genus  1 Species
Argentina
6 Genera  13 Species
Australia
6 Genera  33 Species
Austria
2 Genera  2 Species
Belgium
1 Genus  1 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
1 Genus  32 Species
Bulgaria
1 Genus  2 Species
Canada
4 Genera  10 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  1 Species
Chile
3 Genera  9 Species
China
9 Genera  14 Species
Colombia
2 Genera  13 Species
Costa Rica
1 Genus  5 Species
Cuba
1 Genus  1 Species
Cyprus
2 Genera  2 Species
Czech Republic
2 Genera  6 Species
Ecuador
2 Genera  1 Species
Finland
1 Genus  1 Species
France
5 Genera  19 Species
Georgia
1 Genus  5 Species
Germany
2 Genera  7 Species
Greece
3 Genera  3 Species
India
4 Genera  13 Species
Indonesia
3 Genera  5 Species
Iran
2 Genera  2 Species
Italy
5 Genera  14 Species
Japan
8 Genera  27 Species
Kazakhstan
6 Genera  8 Species
Lebanon
1 Genus  1 Species
Lesotho
1 Genus  3 Species
Madagascar
1 Genus  8 Species
Malaysia
1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
3 Genera  3 Species
Mongolia
1 Genus  0 Species
Morocco
1 Genus  3 Species
Myanmar
1 Genus  2 Species
Netherlands
1 Genus  1 Species
New Zealand
4 Genera  10 Species
Norway
1 Genus  1 Species
Pakistan
1 Genus  2 Species
Papua New Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Peru
2 Genera  4 Species
Philippines
2 Genera  7 Species
Republic South Africa
1 Genus  19 Species
Russia
8 Genera  11 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovakia
2 Genera  6 Species
South Korea
1 Genus  0 Species
Spain
2 Genera  8 Species
Sri Lanka
1 Genus  2 Species
Sweden
1 Genus  1 Species
Switzerland
1 Genus  1 Species
Taiwan
6 Genera  9 Species
Thailand
1 Genus  2 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Genus  1 Species
Turkey
2 Genera  12 Species
United Kingdom
3 Genera  3 Species
USA
10 Genera  42 Species
Venezuela
1 Genus  1 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Links, sources and further information
Blephariceridae at gbif.org
Blephariceridae at irmng.org
Blephariceridae at itis.gov