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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
283
1672
2201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
283
1672
2201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
275
1655
2186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1494
2029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
45
202
286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
11
55
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
3
8
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
2
6
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Town
2 Families width 6 Species
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat5SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Town
6 Genera with 6 Species
Acrodicrania Skuse, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Apelmocreagris Enderlein, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Dziedzickia Johannsen, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Leia Meigen, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophila Meigen, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Sciara Meigen, 19251SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
6 Species
Acrodicrania africana Edwards, 1925
Apelmocreagris capensis Edwards, 1925
Dziedzickia nitida Edwards, 1925
Leia stigmatica Edwards, 1925
Mycetophila ruficollis Meigen, 1818
Sciara capensis Edwards, 1925

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Cape Town
FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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