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Checklist for Tribe Leiini Edwards, 1925
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
111
2035
9021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
447
1940
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
127
231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
5
123
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
67
128
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySciophilinae
Edwards, 1809
25
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLeiini
Edwards, 1925
5
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
5 Genera with 9 Species
Acrodicrania Skuse, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Clastobasis Skuse, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Docosia Winnertz, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Leia Meigen, 19256SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxa Marshall, 20061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
9 Species
Acrodicrania africana Edwards, 1925
Docosia melita Chandler & Gatt, 2000
Leia arsona Hutson, 1978
Leia bipunctata Fisher, 1939
Leia determinaticollis Enderlein, 1910
Leia innotata Enderlein, 1910
Leia insignis Brunetti, 1912
Leia stigmatica Edwards, 1925
Paradoxa paradoxa Jaschhof, 2006


Links, sources and further information
Leiini at itis.gov