Bibionomorpha
The Bibionomorpha are an infraorder of the suborder Nematocera. One of its constituent families, the Anisopodidae, is the presumed sister taxon to the entire suborder Brachycera. Several of the remaining families in the infraorder are former subfamilies of the Mycetophilidae, which has been recently subdivided. The family Axymyiidae has recently been removed from the Bibionomorpha to its own infraorder Axymyiomorpha.
Most representatives of the Bibionomorpha are saprophages or fungivores as larvae with the Cecidomyiidae being predominantly gall-formers. Some sciarids are common indoor pests, developing large populations in potting soil that has become moldy from overwatering. The larvae of the Bibionidae sometimes migrate in large, snake-like masses to minimize dehydration while seeking a new feeding site.The extinct bibionomorph fauna is:
- *Cascopleciidae Middle? Cretaceous; Myanmar
- *Eopleciidae extinct
- *Oligophryneidae extinct
- *Paraxymyiidae extinct
- *Protobibionidae extinct
- *Protopleciidae extinct
- *Protorhyphidae extinct
- *Protoscatopsidae extinct
- Superfamily Pleciodictyidea extinct
- *Pleciodictyidae -
- Superfamily Protoligoneuridea extinct
- *Protoligoneuridae -
- Superfamily Fungivoridea
- *Pleciofungivoridae extinct
- *Palaeopleciidae extinct
- *Pleciomimidae extinct
- *Archizelmiridae extinct
- *Fungivoritidae extinct
- *Tipulopleciidae extinct
- *Sinemediidae extinct
