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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Amherst (Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
132
357
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
132
357
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
120
338
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
88
274
332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
23
47
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
7
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Amherst (Hampshire County Massachusetts)
2 Families width 4 Species
Cecidomyiidae (Newman, 1834)Forest Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Amherst (Hampshire County Massachusetts)
3 Genera with 4 Species
Cecidomyia Fischer von ..., 1908Pine Pitch Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophila Meigen, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Phytosciara Frey, 19911SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Amherst (Hampshire County Massachusetts)
4 Species
Cecidomyia foliora (Russell & Ho..., 1908)⇒ Macrodiplosis erubescens Osten Sacken, 1862
Mycetophila fisherae Laffoon, 1957
Mycetophila spleniata Laffoon, 1957
Phytosciara tetrix Hippa, 1991

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Amherst (Hampshire County Massachusetts)
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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