Sciara Meigen, 1803
(a genus of black fungus gnats)

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ID refs
Sciara militaris
a fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSciara (a genus of black fungus gnats)
FamilySCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Sciara (a genus of black fungus gnats) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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