Checklist of Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 514
6360
16212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
6356
16208 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 486
6227
15868 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 306
4996
13412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 79
738
2119 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 19
153
858 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies | 6
25
32 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges | 5
21
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Venezuela
5 Families width 25 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Venezuela
18 Genera with 25 Species | Allocotocera Mik, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bradysia Winnertz, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cecidomyia Fischer von ..., 1899 | Pine Pitch Midges | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chauliodontomyia Gagne, 1969 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cluzobra Edwards, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colonomyia Colless, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Contarinia Rondani, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cycloneura Marshall, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Docosia Winnertz, 2000 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ledomyia Kieffer, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leia Meigen, 1933 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Micrapemon Edwards, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetophila Meigen, 1952 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontosciara Rubsaamen, 1950 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perrisia Rondani, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchosciara Rübsaamen, 1868 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Schwenckfeldina Frey, 1868 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sciara Meigen, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Venezuela
25 Species and 1 Subspecies | Bradysia venezuelensis Lane, 1959 | | | Cecidomyia gollmeri Karsch, 1880 | | | Cecidomyia sorghicola Coquillett, 1899 | | | Chauliodontomyia egregia Gagne, 1969 | | | Chauliodontomyia parianae Gagne, 1969 | | | Colonomyia borea Hippa & Jasc..., 2004 | | | Contarinia prolixa Gagne & Byers, 1985 | | | Docosia enos Chandler, 2006 | | | Docosia melita Chandler & Gatt, 2000 | | | Ledomyia collarata Gagne, 1987 | | | Leia pedifer Edwards, 1933 | | | Leia pedifera Edwards, 1933 | | | Micrapemon parvum Williston, 1896 | | | Mycetophila juinensis Lane, 1952 | | | Odontosciara beebei Shaw & Shaw, 1950 | | | Perrisia vitis idaea (Kieffer, 1909) | ⇒ Dasineura vitisidaea Kieffer, 1909 | | Rhynchosciara brevicornis Rubsaamen, 1894 | | | Rhynchosciara cognata Walker, 1848 | | | Rhynchosciara propingua Walker, 1848 | | | Rhynchosciara propinqua Walker, 1848 | | | Rhynchosciara vespertillio Schiner, 1868 | | | Schwenckfeldina moebiusi Rubsaamen, 1894 | | | Schwenckfeldina pygophora Schiner, 1868 | | | Sciara sciophila Loew, 1869 | Juniper globemallow |
Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in Venezuela | Family | Cecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Cecidomyidae, Gall And Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall Midge, Gall midges, Gall Midges and Wood Midges, Gall-midges | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Keroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats | 12
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids | 1
5 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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