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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Nairobi (Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
172
803
1105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
172
803
1105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
164
771
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
122
697
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
33
115
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
7
20
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
3
7
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
3
7
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nairobi
3 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae (Newman, 1834)Forest Midges8SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nairobi
7 Genera with 10 Species
Acacidiplosis Gagne, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Aposchizomyia Gagne, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Chiasmoneura De Meijere, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Contarinia Rondani, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Lopesia Rübsaamen, 01SpeciesTaxom
Metanepsia Edwards, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Perrisia Rondani, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nairobi
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acacidiplosis imbrisata
Acacidiplosis spinosa Gagne, 1993
Aposchizomyia acuta Gagne, 1993
Aposchizomyia crenata Gagne, 1993
Aposchizomyia longa Gagne, 1993
Chiasmoneura tripunctata Matile, 1973
Contarinia plicata Gagne, 1993
Lopesia nitolicae
Metanepsia spangleri Matile, 1972
Perrisia vitis idaea (Kieffer, 1909)⇒ Dasineura vitisidaea Kieffer, 1909

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Nairobi
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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