Gnoristinae

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Gnoristinae
Tetragoneura sylvatica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Subfamily: Gnoristinae
Edwards, 1925

Gnoristinae is a subfamily of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. As of 2019, there are over 442 species in the subfamily distributed more than 30 genera. The subfamily has been described as one of the most taxonomically challenging groups in Mycetophilidae, so these numbers have been subject to almost yearly change.[1][2]

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