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Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7111
34903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
864
3837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
17
198
1009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Congo
17 Families width 1009 Species and 20 Subspecies
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges6SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies7SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges10SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge173SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge2SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids161SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito308SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats15SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies21SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat32SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies91SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies3SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges8SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats4SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies43SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies123SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Congo
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
5
33
68
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
101
689
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
24
105
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPtychopteromorpha
Wood & Borkent, 1986
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
39
144
Families
Genera
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