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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
79
826
2194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
15
175
466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tanzania
15 Families width 466 Species and 13 Subspecies
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies7SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges31SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge29SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids46SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito114SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats8SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies10SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat56SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies32SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies1SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges8SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies11SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies110SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Tanzania
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
5
56
103
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
4
51
200
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
23
42
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
44
120
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