Checklist of Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
for Brazil (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 757
16427
71364 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 754
16419
71346 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 701
16115
70281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 412
12497
58257 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 99
2376
11000 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 23
533
3592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies | 9
205
907 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges | 7
198
845 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Brazil
7 Families width 845 Species and 1 Subspecies
Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Brazil | Family | Cecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Cecidomyidae, Gall And Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall Midge, Gall midges, Gall Midges and Wood Midges, Gall-midges | 102
217 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ditomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
| 4
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Keroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats | 20
99 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lygistorrhinidae
Hendel, 1936
long beaked fungus gnat | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats | 56
478 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids | 13
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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