SCIARIDAE
(black fungus gnats)

Interactions where SCIARIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is predated by Hypoaspis miles a predatory mite Mesostigmata: Laelapidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Laelapidae/Hypoaspis miles/Hypoaspis milesa predatory mite Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sciaridae/Sciaridaeblack fungus gnatslarva is predator of larva
larva may be infected by Steinernema feltiae an eelworm Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Steinernema feltiae/Steinernema feltiaean eelworm Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sciaridae/Sciaridaeblack fungus gnatslarva infects larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

SCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Bradysia
a genus of black fungus gnats
Genus 2 trophisms
Sciara
a genus of black fungus gnats
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Freeman, P. 1983 Sciarid Flies: Diptera, Sciaridae Handbook for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 9, Part 6, 68pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

SCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Fungus Gnats Online sciaroidea.info/

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 7 images of SCIARIDAE (black fungus gnats)
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