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Checklist of Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
for South America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1002
31782
192121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
999
31760
192069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
919
31232
189614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
538
24032
155049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
138
4361
28606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
32
861
9825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
10
314
2162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
8
306
1994
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South America
8 Families width 1994 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Cecidomyidae370SpeciesTaxom
Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 191941SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats182SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhinidae Hendel, 1936Long beaked fungus gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1318SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 200217SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats62SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in South America
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Cecidomyidae, Gall And Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall Midge, Gall midges, Gall Midges and Wood Midges, Gall-midges
158
370
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDiadocidiidae
Winnertz, 1863
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
5
41
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
27
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLygistorrhinidae
Hendel, 1936
long beaked fungus gnat
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
95
1318
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyRangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
5
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
13
62
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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