Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 442
12146
51799 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 111
2035
9021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 24
447
1940 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies | 6
127
231 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges | 5
123
207 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
5 Families width 207 Species and 1 Subspecies
Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Southern Africa | Family | Cecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges | 32
44 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Keroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats | 13
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats | 67
128 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
| 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids | 8
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Sciaroidea at artfakta.se
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