AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Enicocephalidae Stål, 1860 (Gnat bug)
and region North Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
10948
38362
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
10924
38301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
10787
38002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
146
1741
4800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
104
1524
4235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
47
616
1731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Enicocephalomorpha
Stichel, 1955
Unique-headed bugs
1
3
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Enicocephaloidea
Poisson, 1951
1
3
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEnicocephalidae
Stål, 1860
Gnat bug, Gnat bugs, Unique-headed bug, Unique-headed bugs
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Africa
3 Genera with 7 Species
Alienates Barber, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Enicocephalus fulvescens W..., 19934SpeciesTaxom
Paralienates Maldonado Ca..., 19961SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Africa
7 Species
Alienates brodzinskyi D. A. Grimaldi, 1993
Alienates electrodominicus D. A. Grimaldi, 1993
Enicocephalus omen D. A. Grimaldi, 1993
Enicocephalus prius D. A. Grimaldi, 1993
Enicocephalus seniculus D. A. Grimaldi, 1993
Enicocephalus subvitreus D. A. Grimaldi, 1993
Paralienates hyalinus J. Maldonado..., 1996

Subnodes of Enicocephalidae with occurrences in North Africa
SubfamilyAlienatinae
Barber, 1953
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEnicocephalinae
Stål, 1860
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Enicocephalidae at gbif.org
Enicocephalidae at irmng.org
Enicocephalidae at itis.gov