Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Windward Islands (Antilles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 355
2533
4360 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 353
2531
4358 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 345
2499
4310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 233
1995
3533 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 56
432
849 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 16
136
325 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Windward Islands
16 Families width 325 Species and 14 Subspecies | Anisopodidae Knab, 1912 | Window Midges | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Bibionidae Fleming, 1821 | Bibionid flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Blephariceridae Loew, 1861 | Mountain midges | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834 | Forest Midges | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834 | Biting midge | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Chaoboridae Newman, 1834 | Phantom midge | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chironomidae Erichson, 1842 | Chironomids | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Culicidae Meigen, 1818 | Mosquito | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856 | Fungus gnats | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909) | Craneflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 | Fungus Gnat | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Psychodidae Newman, 1834 | Drain flies | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Scatopsidae Newman, 1834 | Dung midges | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 | Black fungus gnats | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Simuliidae Newman, 1834 | Black flies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tipulidae Latreille, 1802 | Crane Flies | 120 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Windward Islands
 | | 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
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