Lygistorrhininae, commonly called long-beaked fungus gnats is a subfamily of flies in the Diptera family Keroplatidae.
Lygistorrhininae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent
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Lygistorrhinidae wing veins | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Keroplatidae |
Subfamily: | Lygistorrhininae Edwards, 1925 |
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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]
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