sciarid

Definitions of sciarid

1. noun

   minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
   synonyms: fungus gnat, sciara

   types:

   armyworm

   larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted

   type of:

   dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects

   insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing