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Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
1210
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
24
285
687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
24 Families width 687 Species and 8 Subspecies
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Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies16SpeciesTaxom
Blephariceridae Loew, 1861Mountain midges6SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges10SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge56SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids211SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito57SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats9SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies10SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat95SpeciesTaxom
Pediciidae Osten Sacken, 1860Hairy-Eyed Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies24SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies1SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20023SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges4SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats4SpeciesTaxom
Serendipidae Evenhuis, 19940SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies38SpeciesTaxom
Tanyderidae Alexander, 1919Primitive crane flies1SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies133SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841Winter Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Cape
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
85
137
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBlephariceromorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
1
6
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
132
366
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
13
31
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPtychopteromorpha
Wood & Borkent, 1986
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
4
51
145
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySerendipidae
Evenhuis, 1994
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Nematocera (Latreille 1825)
Nematocera (Latreille 1825)


Links, sources and further information
Nematocera at artfakta.se
Nematocera at dyntaxa.se
Nematocera at gbif.org
Nematocera at irmng.org
Nematocera at itis.gov
Nematocera at marinespecies.org