Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

See Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha)

Infraorder Bibionomorpha - Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies

Classification · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References
Small, but interesting Fly - Leia bivittata Giggity Giggity - Bibio femoratus - male - female Gall Midge Creature Mycetophilidae - Mycetophila - female Diptera? - Bibio longipes - female dark-winged fungus gnat - Scatopsciara? - female Cecidomyiidae, Hackberry leaf galls - Celticecis globosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Habitat
Generally terrestrial, in contrast to other Nematocera which are predominantly aquatic.
Remarks
Probably not a monophyletic assemblage. Ordered this way for convenience, based on the Tree of Life.

Most of the species, genera, and families belong to superfamily Sciaroidea, the fungus gnats and gall midges, which probably is monophyletic.
Internet References
Tree of Life
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 10 March, 2007 - 8:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 28 September, 2017 - 9:48am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2023 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact