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Taxonomy of Superfamily Scatopsoidea Newman, 1834


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		3816
189502
2439455		Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		3399
186457
2415487		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		1891
142849
2048615		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies		412
22844
306890		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns		101
5519
102901		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Psychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
19
471
7272		Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 		Scatopsoidea
Newman, 1834
7
81
772		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Scatopsoidea Newman, 1834
FamilyCanthyloscelidae ♰
Enderlein, 1912
7
29		Genera
Species
FamilyCanthyloscelididae
Enderlein, 1912  ⇒ Canthyloscelidae
0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyHyperoscelididae
Dressler, 1985  ⇒ Canthyloscelidae
Hyperoscelidid gnats		0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyLimnorhyphidae ♰
Hong, 1983  ⇒ Perissommatidae
0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyPerissommatidae ♰
Colless, 1962
7
19		Genera
Species
FamilyScatopsidae
Newman, 1834
Dung midges, Hyperoscelidid gnats, Scavenger flies		65
721		Genera
Species
FamilyValeseguyidae
Amorim & Grimaldi, 2006
2
3		Genera
Species


Distribution and Species lists of Scatopsoidea Newman, 1834
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Angola
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesArgentina
2 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesAustralia
3 Families  19 Genera  82 SpeciesAustria
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesBelgium
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesBelize
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBotswana
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBrazil
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesBurundi
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesCanada
2 Families  13 Genera  24 SpeciesCape Verde
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesChile
3 Families  11 Genera  16 SpeciesChina
2 Families  10 Genera  11 SpeciesCosta Rica
1 Families  11 Genera  11 SpeciesCroatia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCzech Republic
2 Families  17 Genera  49 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesDenmark
1 Families  14 Genera  26 SpeciesDominican Republic
2 Families  4 Genera  2 SpeciesEcuador
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesEgypt
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEl Salvador
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEstonia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFiji
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFinland
2 Families  19 Genera  45 SpeciesFrance
2 Families  13 Genera  26 SpeciesGeorgia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGermany
1 Families  12 Genera  33 SpeciesGhana
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesGreece
1 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesGuyana
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHungary
1 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesIceland
1 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesIndia
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesIndonesia
1 Families  5 Genera  12 SpeciesIran
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIreland
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesItaly
1 Families  11 Genera  17 SpeciesJamaica
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesJapan
1 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesKenya
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesLatvia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesLesotho
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLiberia
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesLithuania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMadagascar
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMalaysia
1 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesMalta
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMexico
1 Families  14 Genera  41 SpeciesMicronesia
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesMongolia
3 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesMyanmar
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNamibia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNepal
1 Families  4 Genera  12 SpeciesNetherlands
1 Families  16 Genera  36 SpeciesNew Zealand
2 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesNorway
2 Families  27 Genera  136 SpeciesPakistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPalau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPanama
1 Families  9 Genera  10 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPeru
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPhilippines
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesPoland
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesPortugal
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
1 Families  9 Genera  18 SpeciesRomania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRussia
3 Families  14 Genera  29 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSeychelles
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesSlovakia
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesSlovenia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSolomon Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSpain
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesSri Lanka
1 Families  5 Genera  8 SpeciesSudan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSweden
2 Families  20 Genera  53 SpeciesSwitzerland
1 Families  9 Genera  16 SpeciesTaiwan
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesTajikistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTanzania
1 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesThailand
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTunisia
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesTurkmenistan
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesUganda
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUkraine
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
1 Families  20 Genera  61 SpeciesUSA
2 Families  23 Genera  90 SpeciesVenezuela
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesYemen
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Distribution on islands
Azores
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCapricorn Group
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGotska Sandön
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGrande-Terre
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHeron Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Magdalena
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of Chile
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesLa Graciosa
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLa Palma
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMacaronesia
2 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesMahé
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesNorthern Isles
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesOrkney Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesVancouver Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWellington
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTiaojishan Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWellington Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Links, sources and further information
Scatopsoidea at artfakta.se
Scatopsoidea at dyntaxa.se