Bibionomorpha
Template:Automatic taxobox 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.[1] Several of the remaining families in the infraorder (those shown without common names) are former subfamilies of the Mycetophilidae, which has been recentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 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, 1912Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Triassic - Recent)
- Anisopodidae (syn †Eopleciidae) - wood gnats
- †Antefungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1938Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (syn Pleciomimidae, Sinemediidae)
- †Crosaphididae Kovalev, 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Triassic-Jurassic)
- †Pleciofungivoridae Rohdendorf, 1946Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (syn Fungivoritidae) (Upper Triassic - Middle Cretaceous[2])
- †Protorhyphidae Handlirsch, 1906Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Upper Triassic)
- †Siberhyphidae Kovalev, 1985Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Jurassic)
- Superfamily Bibionoidea Fleming, 1821Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Cretaceous - Recent)
- Bibionidae (syn †Cascopleciidae) - march flies and lovebugs
- Hesperinidae Walker, 1848Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Superfamily Mycetobioidea Winnertz, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mycetobiidae Winnertz, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Superfamily †Pachyneuroidea Rohdendorf, 1946Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- †Procramptonomyiidae Kovalev, 1985Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Superfamily Scatopsoidea Newman, 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Canthyloscelidae Shannon, 1927Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- †Protoscatopsidae Rohdendorf, 1946Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Middle Jurassic)
- Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Valeseguyidae Amorim & Tozoni, 1994Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Superfamily Sciaroidea Billberg, 1820Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- †Archizelmiridae Rohdendorf, 1962Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Middle Jurassic)
- Bolitophilidae Winnertz, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - gall gnats
- Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Ditomyiidae Edwards, 1921Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (incl. Lygistorrhinidae Edwards, 1925Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
- Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - fungus gnats
- †Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf, 1946Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Middle Jurassic)
- Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & Didham, 2002Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - dark winged fungus gnats
- Superfamily incertae sedis
- †Heterorhyphidae Ansorge & Krzemiński, 1995Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pachyneuridae
- †Protobibionidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
- †Protopleciidae (syn Palaeopleciidae, Pleciodictyidae, Protoligoneuridae) (Late Triassic - Jurassic)
- †Tipulopleciidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
References
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