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Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges

Sciaroidea

Sciaroidea is a superfamily in the infraorder Bibionomorpha. There are about 16 families and more than 15,000 described species in Sciaroidea. Most of its constituent families are various gnats (e.g. fungus gnats).

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10 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Gall and Forest Midges

familyCecidomyiidae

Dark-winged Fungus Gnats

familySciaridae

Fungus Gnats

familyMycetophilidae

Predatory Fungus Gnats

familyKeroplatidae

Bolitophilidae

familyBolitophilidae

Ditomyiidae

familyDitomyiidae

Long-beaked Fungus Gnats

familyLygistorrhinidae

Diadocidiidae

familyDiadocidiidae

Rangomaramidae

familyRangomaramidae

Afrotricha

genusAfrotricha

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