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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
151
4728
39323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
40
1153
11412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
13
479
3770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
9
466
3540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
9 Families width 3540 Species and 7 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges1629SpeciesTaxom
Crosaphididae Kovalev, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 191918SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats175SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhinidae Hendel, 1936Long beaked fungus gnat2SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1688SpeciesTaxom
Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946Paxylommatid wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20022SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats21SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in North America
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
270
1629
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCrosaphididae
Kovalev, 1983
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
2
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
29
175
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygistorrhinidae
Hendel, 1936
long beaked fungus gnat
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
146
1688
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParaxymyiidae
Rohdendorf, 1946
Paxylommatid wasps
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
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
12
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



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