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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
130
2293
12732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
32
607
4295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
9
177
774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
8
172
728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
8 Families width 728 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges398SpeciesTaxom
Crosaphididae Kovalev, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 191912SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats55SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat255SpeciesTaxom
Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946Paxylommatid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20023SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats3SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Australia
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
68
398
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
22
55
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
72
255
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
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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