fungus gnat vs dipteran

fungus gnat and dipteran both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fungus gnat	Yes	No	No	No
dipteran	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dipteran is a hypernym of fungus gnat; that is, dipteran is a word with a broader meaning than fungus gnat:

fungus gnat: mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
dipteran: 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

Other hypernyms of fungus gnat include dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects.

As nouns, dipteran is a hypernym of fungus gnat; that is, dipteran is a word with a broader meaning than fungus gnat:

fungus gnat: minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
dipteran: 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

Other hypernyms of fungus gnat include dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects.

fungus gnat (noun)	dipteran (noun)
mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation	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
minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings