Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 527
6198
14500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 524
6193
14493 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
6089
14260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 316
4628
11471 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 84
793
2049 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 18
176
598 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sri Lanka
18 Families width 598 Species and 14 Subspecies | Anisopodidae Knab, 1912 | Window Midges | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 | Bibionid flies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 | Mountain midges | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834 | Forest Midges | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 | Biting midge | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Chaoboridae Newman, 1834 | Phantom midge | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 | Chironomids | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Culicidae Meigen, 1818 | Mosquito | 172 | Species | Taxom | | Dixidae Schiner, 1868 | Dixid Midges | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856 | Fungus gnats | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909) | Craneflies | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 | Fungus Gnat | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Pachyneuridae Schiner, 1864 | Dark-winged fungus gnats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psychodidae Newman, 1834 | Drain flies | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Scatopsidae Newman, 1834 | Dung midges | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 | Black fungus gnats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Simuliidae Newman, 1834 | Black flies | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Tipulidae Latreille, 1802 | Crane Flies | 132 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Sri Lanka
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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
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