| Odontosciara nigra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciaridae |
| Genus: | Odontosciara |
| Species: | O. nigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontosciara nigra (Wiedemann, 1821) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Odontosciara nigra is a species of dark-winged fungus gnats in the family Sciaridae. [1] [2] [3]
The Nematocera are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. Major families in the suborder include the mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and a group of families described as midges.
Fungus gnats are small, dark, short-lived gnats, of the families Sciaridae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and Mycetophilidae ; they comprise six of the seven families placed in the superfamily Sciaroidea.
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.
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.
Bradysia similigibbosa is a species of fungus gnat from New Caledonia.
Bradysia austera is a species of fungus gnat found in the British Isles.
Bradysia ismayi is a species of fungus gnat found in the British Isles.
Bradysia nigrispina is a species of fungus gnat found in the British Isles.
Corynoptera flavosignata is a species of fungus gnat found in the British Isles.
Corynoptera uncata is a species of fungus gnat found in the British Isles.
Epidapus subgracilis is a species of fungus gnats found in the British Isles.
A gnat is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. They can be both biting and non-biting. Most often they fly in large numbers, called clouds. "Gnat" is a loose descriptive category rather than a phylogenetic or other technical term, so there is no scientific consensus on what constitutes a gnat. Some entomologists consider only non-biting flies to be gnats. Certain universities also distinguish eye gnats: the Smithsonian Institution describes them as "non-biting flies, no bigger than a few grains of salt, ... attracted to fluids secreted by your eyes".
Lygistorrhinidae is a family of long-beaked fungus gnats in the order Diptera. There are about 7 genera and at least 30 described species in Lygistorrhinidae.
Pnyxia scabiei, the potato scab gnat, is a species of dark-winged fungus gnats, insects in the family Sciaridae.
Pnyxia is a genus of dark-winged fungus gnats, insects in the family Sciaridae. There are at least four described species in Pnyxia.
Odontosciara is a genus of dark-winged fungus gnats in the family Sciaridae. There are at least 30 described species in Odontosciara.
Ectrepesthoneura is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are more than 20 described species in Ectrepesthoneura.
Sciara sciophila is a species of dark-winged fungus gnats in the family Sciaridae.
Bradysia is a genus of fungus gnat in the family Sciaridae. They are commonly known as darkwinged fungus gnats. They are considered a major pest in greenhouse agriculture because they thrive in the moist conditions common inside greenhouses and feed on the plants being grown within. Bradysia is a large genus containing over 500 living species, with at least 65 species found in North America and 172 in Europe.
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