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Dark-winged Fungus Gnats
Sciaridae
The Sciaridae are a family of flies, commonly known as dark-winged fungus gnats. Commonly found in moist environments, they are known to be a pest of mushroom farms and are commonly found in household plant pots. This is one of the least studied of the large Diptera families, probably due to the small size of these insects and the difficulty in specific identification.
45 branches of this family, most-observed first
Sciarinae
subfamilySciarinae
Megalosphyinae
subfamilyMegalosphyinae
Eugnoriste
genusEugnoriste
Odontosciara
genusOdontosciara
Corynoptera
genusCorynoptera
Pseudozygomma
genusPseudozygomma
Lycoriella
genusLycoriella
Chaetosciarinae
subfamilyChaetosciarinae
Cratyninae
subfamilyCratyninae
Pseudolycoriella
genusPseudolycoriella
Pnyxia
genusPnyxia
Austrosciara
genusAustrosciara
Rhynchosciara
genusRhynchosciara
Peyerimhoffia
genusPeyerimhoffia
Pseudosciara
genusPseudosciara
Camptochaeta
genusCamptochaeta
Taiwan
genusTaiwan
Cosmosciara
genusCosmosciara
Hemineurina
genusHemineurina
Plastosciara
genusPlastosciara
Neophnyxia
genusNeophnyxia
Xylosciara
genusXylosciara
Aniarella
genusAniarella
Apelmocreagris
genusApelmocreagris
Merianina
genusMerianina
Angustosciara
genusAngustosciara
Euricrium
genusEuricrium
Heterotricha
genusHeterotricha
Moehnia
genusMoehnia
Trichodapus
genusTrichodapus
Pnyxiopsis
genusPnyxiopsis
Parapnyxia
genusParapnyxia
Eurysciara
genusEurysciara
Keilbachia
genusKeilbachia
Dichopygina
genusDichopygina
Bradysiopsis
genusBradysiopsis
Claustropyga
genusClaustropyga
Prosciara
genusProsciara
Neozygoneura
genusNeozygoneura
Qisciara
genusQisciara
Sciarotricha
genusSciarotricha
Spinopygina
genusSpinopygina
Tergosciara
genusTergosciara
Allopnyxia
genusAllopnyxia
Starkomyia
genusStarkomyia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85259.