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Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
625
10660
39198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
622
10652
39182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
597
10495
38766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
380
8377
33824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
93
1111
3790
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
295
1343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean islands
20 Families width 1343 Species and 23 Subspecies
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges4SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies20SpeciesTaxom
Blephariceridae Loew, 1861Mountain midges8SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges41SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge142SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids90SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito373SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats42SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies21SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat106SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies41SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies4SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges8SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats8SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies30SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies398SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841Winter Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
95
218
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBlephariceromorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
1
8
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
113
640
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
23
53
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPtychopteromorpha
Wood & Borkent, 1986
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
3
62
420
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