Database
Moderator: Dr. Pjotr Oosterbroek
Last modified: 10 Feb 2012 (at 14:28:30)

Records
Genera and subgenera: 686
Recognized species: 15342
Synonyms: 1652
Doubtful taxa: 93
Total: 17612

Number of recognized (sub)species per family
Cylindrotomidae: 71 (plus 14 synonyms)
Limoniidae: 10512 (plus 814 synonyms)
Pediciidae: 489 (plus 50 synonyms)
Tipulidae: 4270 (plus 613 synonyms)

Number of recognized (sub)species per region
Holarctic: 4709
Palaearctic: 3169
Nearctic: 1631
Westpalaearctic: 1453
Eastpalaearctic: 2015
Neotropic: 3554
Afrotropic: 1386
Oriental: 3466
Australasian/Oceanian: 2520