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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Pietermaritzburg (Msunduzi)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
204
750
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
204
750
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
192
728
926
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
159
658
860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
68
298
394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
12
36
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
4
9
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
3
6
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pietermaritzburg
3 Families width 5 Species
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats2SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pietermaritzburg
6 Genera with 5 Species
Ctenoceridion Matile, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocercus Vockeroth, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrocera Meigen, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Mycomyiella Matile, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Orfelia Costa, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Xenhormomyia Felt, 19202SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pietermaritzburg
5 Species
Ctenoceridion freemani Matile, 1972
Macrocera africana Freeman, 1970
Mycomyiella irwini Vaisanen, 1994
Xenhormomyia africana Felt, 1920
Xenhormomyia natalensis Felt, 1920

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Pietermaritzburg
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom



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