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Checklist for Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
and region West Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
498
13287
62755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
128
2643
15081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
34
827
5227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
9
335
1766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciaroidea
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
7
327
1583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Europe
7 Families width 1583 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges832SpeciesTaxom
Ditomyiidae Keilin, 19193SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats70SpeciesTaxom
Lygistorrhinidae Hendel, 1936Long beaked fungus gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat668SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats8SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Sciaroidea with occurrences in West Europe
FamilyCecidomyiidae
Newman, 1834
Forest Midges, Gall gnats, Gall midges, Wood Midges
199
832
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDitomyiidae
Keilin, 1919
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyKeroplatidae
Rondani, 1856
Fungus gnats, Keroplatid Fungus Gnats, predatory fungus gnat, Predatory Fungus Gnats
18
70
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyMycetophilidae
Newman, 1834
Fungus Gnat, Fungus gnats
95
668
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRangomaramidae
Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySciaridae
Billberg, 1820
Black fungus gnats, Dark winged fungus gnats, dark-winged fungus gnat, Dark-winged fungus gnats, Root gnats, Sciarids
10
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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