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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
846
2770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
147
597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
15 Families width 597 Species and 8 Subspecies
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies7SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges62SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge50SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids37SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito208SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats4SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies11SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat18SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies57SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges6SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies20SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies114SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Kenya
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
46
93
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
50
316
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
2
14
63
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
37
125
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