Lygistorrhininae

Lygistorrhininae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent
Lygistorrhinidae wing veins
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Keroplatidae
Subfamily: Lygistorrhininae
Edwards, 1925
Genera
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Lygistorrhininae, commonly called long-beaked fungus gnats is a subfamily of flies in the Diptera family Keroplatidae. The groups was long treated as a separate family,[1] but molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown it to belong to Keroplatidae.[2] There are about 7 genera and at least 30 described species in Lygistorrhininae.[3]

  1. ^ "Lygistorrhinidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. ^ Greenwalt, D.; Kjærandsen, J. (2019). "Fungus Gnats Online". Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. ^ "Browse Lygistorrhinidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-06-22.