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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
400
1005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
16
111
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ghana
16 Families width 388 Species and 7 Subspecies
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies3SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges9SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge86SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids69SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito114SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats5SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies3SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat27SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies20SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges4SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies3SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies39SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841Winter Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Ghana
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
5
20
45
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
59
273
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
13
27
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
3
19
43
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