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Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
167
357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
20 Families width 357 Species and 7 Subspecies
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies10SpeciesTaxom
Blephariceridae Loew, 1861Mountain midges5SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges5SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge27SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids148SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito23SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges2SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats2SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies4SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat34SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies7SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20022SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges3SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats2SpeciesTaxom
Serendipidae Evenhuis, 19940SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies23SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies56SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceridae Rondani, 1841Winter Crane Flies1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Western Cape
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
38
55
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBlephariceromorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
1
5
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
93
224
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
3
8
12
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
3
26
61
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySerendipidae
Evenhuis, 1994
1
0
Genus
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