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Infraorder Bibionomorpha - Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies

Dark-winged Fungus Gnats - Dorsal gall on quaking aspen laef - Harmandiola leaf miner damage on Smilax  - Meunieriella on-smilax Fungus gnats on a mushroom - male - female Fly - male Minute Black Scavenger Fly - Penthetria heteroptera Diptera 3 Bibio abbreviatus
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.
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