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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4745
11084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4730
11041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4621
10826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
3768
9377
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
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat2SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae (Newman, 1834)Forest Midges3SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats4SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namibia
8 Genera with 10 Species
Allodia Winnertz, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Asphondylia Loew, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyroptera Heer, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Macrocera Meigen, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Perrisia Rondani, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Proceroplatus Edwards, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Sciarotricha Hippa & Vilk..., 20051SpeciesTaxom
Xenoplatyura Malloch, 19982SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Allodia embia Hackman, 1971Ray 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
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
2
2
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