Bibionomorpha

March flies and allies
March fly, Bibio marci
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Bibionomorpha
Families
Anisopodidae - wood gnats Bibionidae - march flies and lovebugs Bolitophilidae Cecidomyiidae - gall gnats Diadocidiidae Ditomyiidae Hesperinidae Keroplatidae Lygistorrhinidae Mycetophilidae - fungus gnats Pachyneuridae Rangomaramidae Sciaridae - dark winged fungus gnats

Bibionomorpha is an infraorder of Nematocera. One of its constituent families, the Anisopodidae, is the presumed sister taxon to the entire suborder Brachycera. Several of the remaining families in the infraorder (those shown without common names) are former subfamilies of the Mycetophilidae, which has been recently subdivided. The family Axymyiidae has recently been removed from the Bibionomorpha to its own infraorder Axymyiomorpha.

Most of the flies in the Bibionomorpha are saprophages or fungivores as larvae, aside from the Cecidomyiidae, which are gall-formers. Some sciarids are common indoor pests, developing large populations in potting soil that has become moldy from overwatering. The larave of Bibionidae sometimes migrate in large snakelike masses in order to minimize dehydration while seeking a new feeding site.

External links

• Tree of Life Bibionomorpha

Extinct families

The extinct bibionomorph fauna follows:

• • Cascopleciidae Middle? Cretaceous; Myanmar
  • Eopleciidae extinct (Lower Jurassic)
  • Oligophryneidae extinct (Upper Triassic)
  • Paraxymyiidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
  • Protobibionidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
  • Protopleciidae extinct (Pan Jurassic)
  • Protorhyphidae extinct (Upper Triassic)
  • Protoscatopsidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
• Superfamily Pleciodictyidea extinct
  • Pleciodictyidae - (Upper Triassic)
• Superfamily Protoligoneuridea extinct
  • Protoligoneuridae - (Upper Triassic)
• Superfamily Fungivoridea
  • Pleciofungivoridae extinct (Upper Triassic) (Lower and Middle Jurassic)
  • Palaeopleciidae extinct (Upper Triassic)
  • Pleciomimidae extinct (Lower and Middle Jurassic)
  • Archizelmiridae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
  • Fungivoritidae extinct (Middle and Upper Jurassic)
  • Tipulopleciidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)
  • Sinemediidae extinct (Middle Jurassic)