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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
642
38200
347168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
166
7224
70796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
43
1561
22160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
14
659
6246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
10
645
5840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
10 Families width 5840 Species and 7 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges2189SpeciesTaxom
Crosaphididae Kovalev, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 191947SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats396SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhinidae Hendel, 1936Long beaked fungus gnat4SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat3073SpeciesTaxom
Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946Paxylommatid wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 200220SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats103SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in America
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
391
2189
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCrosaphididae
Kovalev, 1983
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDiadocidiidae
Winnertz, 1863
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
5
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
46
396
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygistorrhinidae
Hendel, 1936
long beaked fungus gnat
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
166
3073
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParaxymyiidae
Rohdendorf, 1946
Paxylommatid wasps
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
7
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
23
103
Genera
Species

Taxom



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