• Source: Bibionomorpha

The Bibionomorpha are an infraorder of the suborder Nematocera. One of its constituent families, the Anisopodidae, is the presumed sister taxon to the entire suborder Brachycera. Several of the remaining families in the infraorder (those shown without common names) are former subfamilies of the Mycetophilidae, which has been recently subdivided. The family Axymyiidae has recently been removed from the Bibionomorpha to its own infraorder Axymyiomorpha.
Most representatives of the Bibionomorpha are saprophages or fungivores as larvae with the Cecidomyiidae being predominantly gall-formers. Some sciarids are common indoor pests, developing large populations in potting soil that has become moldy from overwatering. The larvae of the Bibionidae sometimes migrate in large, snake-like masses to minimize dehydration while seeking a new feeding site.




Superfamilies and families


Superfamily Anisopodoidea Knab, 1912 (Triassic - Recent)
Anisopodidae (syn †Eopleciidae) - wood gnats
†Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938 (syn Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae)
†Crosaphididae Kovalev, 1983 (Triassic-Jurassic)
†Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1946 (syn Fungivoritidae) (Upper Triassic - Middle Jurassic)
†Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 1906 (Upper Triassic)
†Siberhyphidae Kovalev, 1985 (Jurassic)
Superfamily Bibionoidea Fleming, 1821 (Cretaceous - Recent)
Bibionidae (syn †Cascopleciidae) - march flies and lovebugs
Hesperinidae Walker, 1848
Superfamily Mycetobioidea Winnertz, 1863
Mycetobiidae Winnertz, 1863
Superfamily †Pachyneuroidea Rohdendorf, 1946
†Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1985
Superfamily Scatopsoidea Newman, 1834
Canthyloscelidae Shannon, 1927
†Protoscatopsidae Rohdendorf, 1946 (Middle Jurassic)
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834
Valeseguyidae Amorim & Tozoni, 1994
Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820
†Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 1962 (Middle Jurassic)
Bolitophilidae Winnertz, 1863
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834 - gall gnats
Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863
Ditomyiidae Edwards, 1921
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856 (incl. Lygistorrhinidae Edwards, 1925)
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834 - fungus gnats
†Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946 (Middle Jurassic)
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 - dark winged fungus gnats
Superfamily incertae sedis
†Heterorhyphidae Ansorge & Krzemiński, 1995
Pachyneuridae
†Protobibionidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
†Protopleciidae (syn Palaeopleciidae, Pleciodictyidae, Protoligoneuridae) (Late Triassic - Jurassic)
†Tipulopleciidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mycetophilidae
• Bibionomorpha
• Sciaroidea
• Fly
• Botfly
• Mosquito
• Eudiptera
• List of obsolete names in Diptera
• Tsetse fly
• List of Diptera families
• Ceratopogonidae