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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
83
647
1589
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
160
372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Australia
20 Families width 372 Species and 7 Subspecies
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies10SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges9SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge31SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids81SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito99SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats2SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies7SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat11SpeciesTaxom
Pediciidae Osten Sacken, 1860Hairy-Eyed Crane Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies11SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges6SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies7SpeciesTaxom
Tanyderidae Alexander, 1919Primitive crane flies1SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaleidae Bezzi, 1913Solitary midges1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies89SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841Winter Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in West Australia
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
4
22
32
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
7
86
223
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
4
15
19
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
4
36
97
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