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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
468
6345
15847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
468
6345
15847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
440
6186
15437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
271
4560
12054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
702
2003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
16
194
722
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
30
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
5
29
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Brazil
5 Families width 43 Species
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges5SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat26SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats2SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Brazil
29 Genera with 43 Species
#ABCEILMNOPRST
Alexomyia Felt, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Alycaulus Ruebsaamen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Aphrastomyia Coher & Lane, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Asphondylia Loew, 1850
0SpeciesTaxom
Australosymmerus Freeman, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Bradysia Winnertz, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Bruggmannia Tavares, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Clinodiplosis Kieffer, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Cluzobra Edwards, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Corynoptera Winnertz, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Cycloneura Marshall, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Epicypta Winnertz, 19486SpeciesTaxom
Euricrium Enderlein, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Isoneuromyia Brunetti, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Lamprodiplosis Kieffer, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Leia Meigen, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhina Skuse, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophila Meigen, 18404SpeciesTaxom
Neoplatyura Malloch, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Orfelia Costa, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Parkiamyia Maia, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Platyroptilon Westwood, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Proceroplatus Edwards, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Rymosia Winnertz, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Schnusea Edwards, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Sciara Meigen, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Synapha Meigen, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Tetragoneura Winnertz, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Trichomegalosphys Enderlein, 18051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Brazil
43 Species
Alexomyia ciliata Felt, 1921
Alycaulus mikaniae Rubsaamen, 1916
Aphrastomyia shannoni Lane, 1956
Australosymmerus lenkoi Lane, 1959
Bradysia aitkeni Lane, 1959
Bradysia neotropica Lane, 1959
Bruggmannia depressa Kieffer, 1913
Corynoptera polana Rudzinski, 2009
Epicypta (Boscmyia) iumensis Lane, 1954
Epicypta (Callicypta) kuicurusi Lane, 1954
Epicypta guanensis Lane, 1951
Epicypta neolimnophila Zaitzev, 1991
Epicypta tacanhapesi Lane, 1960
Epicypta tristis Lane, 1948
Euricrium myrmecophilum Lengersdorf, 1925
Isoneuromyia townsendi Lane, 1948
Isoneuromyia xanthocera Edwards, 1931
Lamprodiplosis rhopalothrix Kieffer, 1904
Leia amapaensis Lane, 1959
Leia oliveirai Lane, 1959
Leia paulensis Edwards, 1933
Leia picticornis Kertesz, 1902
Lygistorrhina cerqueirai Lane, 1958
Mycetophila (Abmyceta) borgmeieri Edwards, 1932
Mycetophila (Abmyceta) forattinii Lane, 1955
Mycetophila (Abmyceta) galibisi Lane, 1955
Mycetophila strigata Staeger, 1840Blue weed
Neoplatyura antunesi Lane, 1959
Orfelia incasica Lane, 1950
Orfelia saparai Lane, 1950
Orfelia tapuiai Lane, 1950
Parkiamyia paraensis Maia & Ferna..., 2006
Platyroptilon zernyi Edwards, 1934
Proceroplatus kerteszi Lane, 1956
Proceroplatus puncticoxalis Edwards, 1940
Rymosia airosai Lane, 1947
Rymosia damascenoi Lane, 1958
Schnusea sessilis Edwards, 1933
Sciara sciophila Loew, 1869Juniper globemallow
Synapha fulva Lane, 1954
Tetragoneura bacilliger
Tetragoneura fanipennis Lane, 1952
Trichomegalosphys melanocephala Fabricius, 1805

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in North Brazil
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
7
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
14
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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