Family Cecidomyiidae Newman 1834 (gall midge)
Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Alternative spelling: Cecidomyidae
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Sciaroidea according to D. K. Yeates et al. 2007
See also Carpenter 1992 and Scudder 1877
Sister taxa: Archizelmiridae, Baisepesthoneura, Bolitophila pulveris, Bolitophilidae, Burmatricha, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae, Paraxymyiidae, Pleciofungivoridae, Sciara florissantensis, Sciara gurnetensis, Sciara protoberidis, Sciaridae, Sinoscatopse, Thereotricha
Subtaxa: Catotrichinae Cecidomyia incompleta Cecidomyia minutissima Cecidomyiinae Colpodia Lestremiinae Micromyinae Porricondylinae Winnertziinae
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