Table 2. Numbers of genera and species of Sciaridae Billberg, 1820 in Fennoscandia and the Baltics. Remark: countries are listed according to their geographical location from north-west (NW) to southeast (SE).
Region Countries Number of genera species References
Heller & Menzel (2010); Vilkamaa & Menzel (2019); Menzel
Norway 22 143 et al. (2020)
Fennoscandia Sweden 28 299 [including Jan Mayen and Svalbard] Heller et al. (2009, 2015, 2016); Heller & Menzel (2010, 2013); Vilkamaa et al. (2013a, 2013c, 2013d); Vilkamaa & Menzel (2019) Heller & Menzel (2010); Vilkamaa (2014); Heller et al.
Finland 29 370 (2015); Salmela et al. (2015); Hippa & Vilkamaa (2016);
Vilkamaa & Menzel (2019)
Lengersdorf (1929); Mohrig & Menzel (1994); Menzel &
Estonia 19 63 Mohrig (2000); Heller & Menzel (2010); Hippa et al. (2010);
Vilkamaa et al. (2013b); this study
Baltics Latvia 10 28 Mohrig et al. (1985); Menzel (1992); Mohrig (1993); Mohrig & Menzel (1993, 1994, 1997); Menzel & Mohrig (1997, 2000); Heller & Menzel (2010); Hippa et al. (2010)
Mohrig & Menzel (1993); Pakalniškis et al. (2000, 2006);
Lithuania 10 22 Podėnas & Pakalniškis (2000); Heller & Menzel (2010);
Kurina et al. (2011)