Family Dark-winged Fungus Gnats (Sciaridae)
Sciaridae is a family in the order Diptera. Browse 26 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Sciaridae (26)
Bradysia giraudii
Bradysia giraudii
From Kai Heller (11/8/2018): "Apparently this is a complex of at least three different species, which [can] be distinguished by DNA barcoding. One of them is distributed in North America and Europe, the others are currently known only from either Ger
Corynoptera mellea
Corynoptera mellea
Identification: Johannsen's brief description says this species is "honey yellow". There are other species of Sciarids that are also yellowish.
Odontosciara nigra
Odontosciara nigra
A large, dark species. The female has a variable amount of red on the abdomen. The light and dark color forms originally had different names.
Sciara sciophila
Sciara sciophila
Identification: Redescribed in with illustration of male gonostylus.
Zygoneura flavicoxa
Zygoneura flavicoxa
Identification: Strongly asymmetric fork of M combined with long necks of male flagellomeres.
Bradysia impatiens
Bradysia impatiens
Bradysia ocellaris
Bradysia ocellaris
Bradysia pallipes
Bradysia pallipes
Bradysia placida
Bradysia placida
Bradysia tilicola
Bradysia tilicola
Corynoptera concinna
Corynoptera concinna
Eugnoriste occidentalis
Eugnoriste occidentalis
Phytosciara greylockensis
Phytosciara greylockensis
Phytosciara macrotricha
Phytosciara macrotricha
Potato Scab Gnat
Pnyxia scabiei
Scatopsciara atomaria
Scatopsciara atomaria
Scatopsciara calamophila
Scatopsciara calamophila
Schwenckfeldina carbonaria
Schwenckfeldina carbonaria
Sciara analis
Sciara analis
Sciara flavimana
Sciara flavimana
Sciara hemerobioides
Sciara hemerobioides
Sciara humeralis
Sciara humeralis
Sciara militaris
Sciara militaris
Sciara serpens
Sciara serpens
Sciara thoracica
Sciara thoracica
Zygoneura calthella
Zygoneura calthella