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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Paleogene (Cenozoic)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
634
4230
9101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
631
4225
9075
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
586
4092
8841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
372
3170
7222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
106
904
2561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
29
474
1705
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
11
203
829
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
8
194
579
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Paleogene
8 Families width 579 Species
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges144SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Huaxiasciaritidae (Hong, 2002)26SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats40SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhinidae Hendel, 1936Long beaked fungus gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat358SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20023SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats6SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Paleogene
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
68
144
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHuaxiasciaritidae
Hong, 2002
20
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
13
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLygistorrhinidae
Hendel, 1936
long beaked fungus gnat
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
84
358
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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