Checklist of Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 68
560
1261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 14
98
185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies | 5
9
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges | 4
8
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Namibia
4 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Namibia
8 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Namibia
10 Species and 1 Subspecies | Allodia embia Hackman, 1971 | Ray spiked fern | | Asphondylia salsolae (Rubsaamen, 1908) | ⇒ Asphondylia salsolarum Kieffer, 1913 | | Asphondylia salsolarum Kieffer, 1913 | | | Glaphyroptera crassiuscula Forster, 1891 | | | Macrocera apicalis Hoffmeister, 1844 | | | Perrisia vitis idaea (Kieffer, 1909) | ⇒ Dasineura vitisidaea Kieffer, 1909 | | Proceroplatus paucimaculatus Matile, 1998 | | | Sciarotricha biloba Hippa & Vilk..., 2005 | | | Xenoplatyura nicolae Matile, 1998 | | | Xenoplatyura salebrosa Matile, 1998 | |
Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Namibia | Family | Cecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Cecidomyidae, Gall And Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall Midge, Gall midges, Gall Midges and Wood Midges, Gall-midges | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Keroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats | 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 | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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