Rangomaramidae is a family of flies in the infraorder Bibionomorpha. The family, members of which are known as long-winged fungus gnats, was erected in 2002 by Jaschhof and Didham to include five new species of flies in the genus ''
Rangomarama
''Rangomarama'' is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Rangomaramidae.
Species
*''Rangomarama edwardsi'' Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
*''Rangomarama humboldti'' Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
*''Rangomarama leopoldinae'' Jaschhof & Didham, 2002
*''Rangoma ...
'' from New Zealand. The family was then expanded to include several other genera from across the world which were formerly classified as
Sciaroidea
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 (e.g. fungus gnats).
Description
As nematoce ...
''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'',
but preliminary studies show that the broad family is non-monophyletic.
References
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Nematocera families
Sciaroidea