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Arachnocampa
Arachnocampa is a genus of nine fungus gnat species which have a bioluminescent larval stage, akin to the larval stage of glowworm beetles. The species of Arachnocampa are endemic to Australia and New Zealand, dwelling in caves and grottos, or sheltered places in forests.
Bradysia
Bradysia is a genus of fungus gnat in the family Sciaridae. They are commonly known as darkwinged fungus gnats. They are considered a major pest in greenhouse agriculture because they thrive in the moist conditions common inside greenhouses and feed on the plants being grown within. Bradysia is a large genus containing over 500 living species, with at least 65 species found in North America and 172 in Europe.
Sciara
genus of insects
Boletina
genus of insects
Mycomya
Mycomya is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are at least 400 described species in Mycomya.
Bolitophila
Bolitophila is the sole living genus in the Bolitophilidae, a family of Diptera in the superfamily Sciaroidea, with around 40 Palaearctic and about 20 Nearctic species, and three species from the Oriental region (Taiwan). They are small (6–9 mm).
Dziedzickia
Dziedzickia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.
Acomoptera
Acomoptera is a genus of flies belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.
Saigusaia
Saigusaia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.
Neoempheria
Neoempheria is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are at least 140 described species in Neoempheria.
Leptomorphus
thumb|right|Southgate crane-fly (Leptomorphus walkeri) and liverwort Jungermannia epiphylla
Sciophila
genus of insects
Corynoptera
Corynoptera is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Sciaridae.
Acnemia
Acnemia is a genus of fly belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.
Syntemna
Syntemna is a genus of flies belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.
Monoclona
Monoclona is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are about 18 described species in Monoclona.
Hadroneura
Hadroneura is a genus of flies belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.
Lasioptera
Lasioptera is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 140 described species in Lasioptera. thumb|Lasioptera rubi
Lygistorrhina
Lygistorrhina is a genus of long-beaked fungus gnats in the family Lygistorrhinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Lygistorrhina.
Epidapus
Epidapus is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Sciaridae.
Mycetophila
Mycetophila is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are at least 740 described species in Mycetophila. thumb|Mycetophila unipunctata
Anomalomyia
Anomalomyia is a genus of fly belonging to the family Mycetophilidae.
Pnyxia
Pnyxia is a genus of dark-winged fungus gnats, insects in the family Sciaridae. There are at least four described species in Pnyxia.
Keroplatus
Keroplatus is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. Several species are known to be bioluminescent.
Aglaomyia
Aglaomyia is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Mycetophilidae. There are at least two described species in Aglaomyia.
Blaesodiplosis
Blaesodiplosis is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least four described species in Blaesodiplosis.
Trichosia
The plant genus Trichosia is nowadays considered a synonym of Eria.
Nervijuncta
Nervijuncta is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae.
Diadocidia
Diadocidia is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Diadocidiidae.
Heteropterna
Heteropterna is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. There are at least 20 described species in the genus Heteropterna.
Paleoplatyura
Paleoplatyura is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. There are about seven described species in Paleoplatyura. Fossil species are known from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to around 100 million years ago.
Odontosciara
Odontosciara is a genus of dark-winged fungus gnats in the family Sciaridae. There are at least 30 described species in Odontosciara.
Neoplatyura
Neoplatyura is a genus of flies belonging to the family Keroplatidae.
Symmerus
Symmerus is a genus of fungus gnats and gall midges in the family Ditomyiidae. There are about five described species in Symmerus.
Orfelia
Orfelia is a cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Keroplatidae.
Australosymmerus
Australosymmerus is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae.
Blagorrhina
Blagorrhina is a genus of long-beaked fungus gnats in the family Lygistorrhinidae.
Rangomarama
Rangomarama is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Rangomaramidae.
Ditomyia
Ditomyia is a genus of fungus gnats in the family Ditomyiidae.
Macrocera
Macrocera is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. There are at least 190 described species in Macrocera. thumb|Macrocera pusilla