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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
127
3884
28408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
29
830
7711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
8
311
1315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
7
306
1211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
7 Families width 1211 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges353SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 19190SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats195SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhinidae Hendel, 1936Long beaked fungus gnat2SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat632SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20026SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats22SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
143
353
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
38
195
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygistorrhinidae
Hendel, 1936
long beaked fungus gnat
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
101
632
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
17
22
Genera
Species

Taxom



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