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Checklist of Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
for Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
937
21291
104803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
933
21259
104731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
882
20999
104014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
536
16084
86183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
132
2300
12661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
33
610
4268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
10
183
773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
8
177
727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
8 Families width 727 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Cecidomyidae395SpeciesTaxom
Crosaphididae Kovalev, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 191912SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats55SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat257SpeciesTaxom
Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946Paxylommatid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20023SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats3SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Australia
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Cecidomyidae, Gall And Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall Midge, Gall midges, Gall Midges and Wood Midges, Gall-midges
70
395
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrosaphididae
Kovalev, 1983
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
2
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
23
55
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
75
257
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyParaxymyiidae
Rohdendorf, 1946
Paxylommatid wasps
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyRangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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