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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
810
2202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
16
155
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zimbabwe
16 Families width 502 Species and 16 Subspecies
Anisopodidae Knab, 1912Window Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies5SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge60SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge0SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids176SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito85SpeciesTaxom
Dixidae Schiner, 1868Dixid Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies10SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies18SpeciesTaxom
Ptychopteridae Osten Sacken, 1862Phantom crane flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats2SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies133SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Zimbabwe
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
5
11
12
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
6
98
326
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
2
7
19
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPtychopteromorpha
Wood & Borkent, 1986
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
38
143
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