Sciaroidea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Bibionomorpha
Superfamilia: Sciaroidea
Familiae: Bolitophilidae – Cecidomyiidae – Diadocidiidae – Ditomyiidae – Keroplatidae – Lygistorrhinidae – Mycetophilidae – Rangomaramidae – Sciaridae – †Paraxymyiidae

Genera incertae sedis: Afrotricha – Anisotricha – Cabamofa – Chiletricha – Colonomyia – Eratomyia – Freemanomyia – Heterotricha – Insulatricha – Kenyatricha – Madagotricha – Nepaletricha – Ohakunea – Rhynchoheterotricha – Rogambara – Sciaropota – Sciarosoma – Starkomyia – †Thereotricha

Name

Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820 [Sensu Matile, 1990]

References

Amorim, D. de S. & Rindal, E. 2007. Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha). Zootaxa 1535: 1–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1535.1.1 . Abstract & excerpt. Fungus Gnats Online (PDF available). Reference page.
Chandler, P. 2002. Heterotricha Loew and allied genera (Diptera: Sciaroidea): offshoots of the stem group of Mycetophilidae and/or Sciaridae? Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 38(1-2): 101–144. Fungus Gnats Online (PDF).
Blagoderov, V. & Grimaldi, D. 2004. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. American Museum Novitates 3433: 1–76. hdl: 2246/2798 . Reference page.
Driauach, O., Chandler, P.J., El Mouden, M.A. & Belqat, B. 2022. New faunistic records of the families Bolitophilidae and Keroplatidae (Diptera, Sciaroidea) from Morocco. Zookeys 1128ː 47–52. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1128.85536 Reference page.
Hippa, H. & Vilkamaa, P. 2006. Phylogeny of the Sciaroidea (Diptera): the implication of additional taxa and character data. Zootaxa 1132: 63–68. Abstract & excerpt. Fungus Gnats Online (PDF available). Reference page.
Jaschhof, M. 2004. The Heterotricha group in New Zealand (Diptera: Sciaroidea). Beiträge zur Entomologie 54: 3–30. Fungus Gnats Online (PDF available).
Jaschhof, M. 2011. Phylogeny and classification of the Sciaroidea (Diptera: Bibionomorpha): where do we stand after Amorim & Rindal (2007)? Beiträge zur Entomologie 61(2): 455–463. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.61.2.455-463 .

Vernacular names

English: Fungus Gnats
日本語: キノコバエ上科
中文: 黑翅蕈蚋总科