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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Florissant Fossil Beds (Teller County, Colorado, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
260
1185
2090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
259
1184
2089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
250
1167
2054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
182
980
1741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
47
164
299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
39
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
3
15
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
2
11
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Florissant Fossil Beds
2 Families width 15 Species
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat13SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Florissant Fossil Beds
11 Genera with 15 Species
Boletina Staeger, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyia Fischer von ..., 1908Pine Pitch Midges1SpeciesTaxom
Exechia Winnertz, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Leia Meigen, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Lithomyza Scudder, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophaetus Scudder, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophila Meigen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Mycomya Rondani, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Proapemon Melander, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Sciara Meigen, 19494SpeciesTaxom
Sciophila Meigen, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Florissant Fossil Beds
15 Species
Boletina hypogaea A. L. Melander, 1949
Cecidomyia pontaniiformis T. D. A. Coc..., 1908
Exechia priscula A. L. Melander, 1949
Leia miocenica T. D. A. Coc..., 1911
Lithomyza condita Scudder, 1877
Mycetophaetus intermedius Scudder, 1892
Mycetophila bradenae T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Mycomya cockerelli O. A. Johannsen, 1912
Mycomya lithomendax T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Proapemon infernus A. L. Melander, 1949
Sciara dormitans A. L. Melander, 1949
Sciara florissantensis T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Sciara requieta A. L. Melander, 1949
Sciara sopora A. L. Melander, 1949
Sciophila mirandula T. D. A. Coc..., 1909

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Florissant Fossil Beds
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
9
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



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