Sciaroidea

Sciaroidea
The Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor, Cecidomyiidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Bibionomorpha
Superfamily: Sciaroidea
Synonyms

Mycetophiliformia Amorim & Rindal, 2007

Sciaroidea is a superfamily in the infraorder Bibionomorpha. There are about 16 families and more than 15,000 described species in Sciaroidea. Most of its constituent families are various gnats (e.g. fungus gnats).

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