Lygistorrhininae

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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]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
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Lygistorrhininae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent
Lygistorrhinidae wing veins
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Keroplatidae
Subfamily: Lygistorrhininae
Edwards, 1925
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