SCIAROIDEA
(fungus gnats and gall midges)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CECIDOMYIIDAE
wood, gall, rust and aphid midges
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 		Family 42 subtaxa 342 images 27 ident. refs
DITOMYIIDAE
a family of flies
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 2 images
KEROPLATIDAE
a family of fungus gnats
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 14 images
MYCETOPHILIDAE
a family of fungus gnats
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 		Family 11 subtaxa 26 images 12 ident. refs
SCIARIDAE
black fungus gnats
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 7 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

SCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 382 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
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