List of Diptera of Ireland

The number of species in the order Diptera (true flies) known to occur in Ireland is 3,304. There are 98 Dipteran families in Ireland. ^[1]^[2] For genera and species within the various Families, see Fauna Europaea.

Suborder Nematocera (thread-horns)[]

Superfamily Tipuloidea[]

Dolichopeza albipes, a common crane fly

Eloeophila maculata

Tipula unca

Tipulidae (crane flies) 57 species

including

- Ctenophora (Ctenophora) pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dictenidia bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Dolichopeza albipes (Strom, 1768)
- Tanyptera (Tanyptera) atrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nephrotoma appendiculata (Pierre, 1919)
- Nephrotoma cornicina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nephrotoma flavescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nephrotoma flavipalpis (Meigen, 1830)
- Nephrotoma scurra (Meigen, 1818)
- Prionocera turcica (Fabricius, 1787)
- Tipula cava Riedel, 1913
- Tipula confusa van der Wulp, 1883
- Tipula fascipennis Meigen, 1818
- Tipula hortorum Linnaeus, 1758
- Tipula lateralis Meigen, 1804
- Tipula lunata Linnaeus, 1758
- Tipula luteipennis Meigen, 1830
- Tipula oleracea Linnaeus, 1758
- Tipula melanoceros Schummel, 1833
- Tipula paludosa Meigen, 1830
- Tipula pruinosa Wiedemann, 1817
- Tipula scripta Meigen, 1830
- Tipula staegeri Nielsen, 1922
- Tipula submarmorata Schummel, 1833
- Tipula unca Wiedemann, 1833
- Tipula varipennis Meigen, 1818
- Tipula vittata Meigen, 1804
Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied craneflies) 3 species including
- Cylindrotoma distinctissima (Meigen, 1818)
Pediciidae (hairy-eyed craneflies) 15 species
- Pedicia rivosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pedicia occulta (Meigen, 1830)
- Tricyphona immaculata (Meigen, 1804)
Limoniidae (several crane flies) 130 species including
- Achyrolimonia decemmaculata Loew, 1873
- Austrolimnophila ochracea (Meigen, 1804)
- Cheilotrichia cinerascens (Meigen, 1804)
- Dactylolabis sexmaculata (Macquart, 1826)
- Dicranomyia chorea (Meigen, 1818)
- Dicranomyia didyma (Meigen, 1804)
- Dicranomyia fusca (Meigen, 1804)
- Dicranomyia goritiensis (Mik, 1864)
- Dicranomyia modesta (Meigen, 1818)
- Dicranomyia sera (Walker, 1848)
- Dicranophragma separatum (Walker, 1848)
- Dicranota claripennis (Verrall, 1888)
- Dicranota subtilis Loew, 1871
- Diogma glabrata (Meigen, 1818)
- Erioconopa trivialis (Meigen, 1818)
- Erioptera fuscipennis (Meigen, 1818)
- Erioptera lutea Meigen, 1804
- Erioptera nielseni de Meijere, 1921
- Erioconopa diuturna (Walker, 1848)
- Erioconopa trivialis (Meigen, 1818)
- Epiphragma ocellare (Linnaeus, 1758, 1760)
- Euphylidorea aperta (Verrall, 1887)
- Euphylidorea meigenii (Verrall, 1886)
- Geranomyia unicolor (Haliday, 1833)
- Helius flavus (Walker, 1856)
- Limnophila schranki Oosterbroek, 1992
- Limonia flavipes (Fabricius, 1787)
- Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, 1804
- Limonia phragmitidis (Schrank, 1781)
- Molophilus appendiculatus (Staeger, 1840)
- Molophilus ater Meigen, 1804
- Molophilus flavus Goetghebuer, 1920
- Molophilus griseus (Meigen, 1804)
- Molophilus obscurus (Meigen, 1818)
- Molophilus pleuralis de Meijere, 1920
- Neolimonia dumetorum (Meigen, 1804)
- Ormosia nodulosa (Macquart, 1826)
- Paradelphomyia senilis (Haliday, 1833)
- Phylidorea ferruginea (Meigen, 1818)
- Pilaria discicollis (Meigen, 1818)
- Rhipidia maculata Meigen, 1818
- Rhypholophus varius (Meigen, 1818)
- Symplecta hybrida (Meigen, 1804)
- Symplecta pilipes (Fabricius, 1787)
- Tasiocera murina (Meigen, 1818)

Superfamily Bibionoidea (march flies and lovebugs)[]

St. Mark's fly (Bibio marci)

Bibionidae 12 species including
- Bibio johannis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Bibio lanigerus Meigen, 1818
- Bibio leucopterus (Meigen 1804)
- Bibio longipes Loew, 1864
- Bibio marci (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bibio nigriventris Haliday, 1833
- Bibio pomonae (Fabricius, 1775)
- Bibio varipes Meigen, 1830
- Dilophus febrilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Sciaroidea[]

Bolitophilidae 6 species including
- Bolitophila cinerea Meigen, 1818
- Bolitophila saundersii (Curtis, 1836)
Diadocidiidae (some woodland flies) 2 species including
- Diadocidia ferruginosa (Meigen, 1830)
Ditomyiidae 1 species
- Symmerus annulatus (Meigen, 1830)
Keroplatidae (fungus gnats) 24 species including
- Orfelia nemoralis (Meigen, 1818)
- Isoneuromyia semirufa (Meigen, 1818)
- Macrocera parva Lundstrom, 1914
Mycetophilidae (fungus gnats) 242 species including
- Acnemia nitidicollis (Meigen, 1818)
- Boletina gripha Dziedzicki, 1885
- Boletina griphoides Edwards, 1925
- Boletina trispinosa Edwards, 1913
- Boletina trivittata (Meigen, 1818)
- Brachypeza bisignata Winnertz, 1863
- Brevicornu foliatum (Edwards, 1925)
- Coelosia tenella Zetterstedt, 1852
- Cordyla flaviceps (Stæger, 1840)
- Diadocidia ferruginosa (Meigen, 1830)
- Exechia contaminata Winnertz, 1863
- Exechia spinuligera Lundstrom, 1912
- Mycetophila edwardsi Lundstrom, 1913
- Mycetophila formosa Lundstrom, 1911
- Mycetophila fungorum (De Geer, 1776)
- Mycetophila luctuosa Meigen, 1830
- Mycomya cinerascens (Macquart, 1826)
Sciaridae (dark-winged fungus gnats) 104 species including
- Bradysia ocellaris (Comstock, 1882)
- Bradysia fungicola (Winnertz, 1867)
- Bradysia praecox (Meigen, 1818)
- Corynoptera forcipata (Winnertz, 1867)
- Leptosciarella pilosa (Staeger 1840)
- Leptosciarella subspinulosa Edwards 1925
- Leptosciarella trochanterata (Zetterstedt 1851)
- Leptosciarella yerburyi (Freeman 1983)
- Sciara hemerobioides (Scopoli, 1763)
Cecidomyiidae (gall midges / gall gnats) 100 species including
- Sitodiplosis mosellana (Gehin, 1857)
- Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Rondani, 1847)
- Contarinia nasturtii (Kieffer, 1888)
- Kiefferia pericarpiicola (Bremi, 1847)
- Dasineura crataegi (Winnertz, 1853)
- Dasineura ulmariae (Bremi, 1847)
- Dasineura urticae (Perris, 1840)
- Dasineura pteridis (Müller, 1871)
- Rondaniola bursaria (Bremi, 1847)
- Geocrypta galii Loew, 1850
- Hartigiola annulipes (Hartig, 1839)

Superfamily Psychodoidea (moth fly)[]

Psychodidae 67 species including
- Boreoclytocerus ocellaris (Meigen 1818)
- Ulomyia fuliginosa (Meigen, 1818)

Superfamily Trichoceroidea (winter crane flies)[]

Trichoceridae 6 species including
- Trichocera annulata Meigen, 1818

Superfamily Anisopodoidea (wood gnats, window gnats)[]

Anisopodidae 4 species including
- Sylvicola cinctus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Sylvicola fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Sylvicola punctatus (Fabricius, 1787)
2 species

Superfamily Scatopsoidea[]

Scatopsidae (minute black scavenger flies) 23 species including
- Scatopse notata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Apiloscatopse bifilata (Haliday in Walker, 1856)
- Apiloscatopse scutellata (Loew, 1846)
- Coboldia fuscipes (Meigen, 1830)

Superfamily []

Ptychopteridae (phantom crane flies) 6 species including
- Ptychoptera albimana (Fabricius, 1787)
- Ptychoptera contaminata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ptychoptera minuta Tonnoir, 1919

Superfamily Culicoidea[]

Anopheles claviger

Dixidae (meniscus midges) 14 species including
- Dixa nebulosa Meigen, 1830
- Dixa dilatata Strobl, 1900
- Dixa nubilipennis Curtis, 1832
- Dixella martinii (Peus, 1934)
Chaoboridae (phantom midges) 5 species including
- Chaoborus flavicans (Meigen, 1830)
Culicidae (mosquitoes) 17 species including
- Aedes rusticus (Rossi, 1790)
- Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
- Culiseta annulata (Schrank, 1776)

Superfamily Chironomoidea[]

Male Ceratopogonidae (biting midge)

Male buzzer midge (Chironomus plumosus)

Thaumaleidae (solitary/trickle midges) 2 species including
- Thaumalea verralli Edwards, 1929
Simuliidae (Black flies) 28 species including
- Simulium latipes (Meigen, 1804)
- Simulium variegatum Meigen, 1818
Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) 64 species including
- Culicoides impunctatus Goetghebuer, 1920
Chironomidae (nonbiting midges) 475 species including
- Ablabesmyia monilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Chaetocladius suecicus (Kieffer, 1916)
- Chironomus anthracinus Zetterstedt, 1860
- Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cricotopus bicinctus (Meigen, 1818)
- Glyptotendipes pallens (Meigen, 1804)
- Macropelopia nebulosa (Meigen, 1804)
- Phaenopsectra flavipes (Meigen, 1818)
- Prodiamesa olivacea (Meigen, 1818)

Suborder Brachycera (flies with reduced antenna segmentation)[]

Superfamily Xylophagoidea[]

Xylophagidae (awl-flies) 1 species

Superfamily Tabanoidea[]

Athericidae (water snipe flies / ibis flies) 2 species
Rhagionidae (snipe flies) 5 species
Spaniidae 2 species
Tabanidae (horseflies) 10 species

Superfamily Stratiomyoidea[]

Stratiomyidae (soldier flies)

Superfamily Nemestrinoidea[]

Acroceridae (small-headed flies, hunch-back flies, spider flies) 1 species

Superfamily Asiloidea[]

Bombyliidae (bee flies) 4 species
Therevidae (stiletto flies) 4 species
Scenopinidae (window flies) 2 species
Asilidae (robber flies / assassin flies) 3 species

Superfamily Empidoidea[]

Atelestidae 1 species
Hybotidae (dance flies) 77 species including
- Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
- Bicellaria nigra (Meigen 1824)
- Hybos culiciformis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hybos femoratus (Muller, 1776)
- Leptopeza flavipes (Meigen, 1820)
- Ocydromia glabricula (Fallen, 1816)
- Platypalpus candicans (Fallén, 1815)
- Platypalpus luteus (Meigen, 1804)
- Platypalpus notatus (Meigen, 1822)
- Tachydromia arrogans (Linnaeus, 1758, 1761)
- Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Empididae (dagger flies / balloon flies) 99 species including
- Clinocera fontinalis (Haliday, 1833)
- Dolichocephala irrorata (Fallén, 1816)
- Dolichocephala guttata Haliday 1833
- Empis albinervis Meigen, 1822
- Empis borealis Linnaeus, 1758
- Empis chioptera Meigen, 1804
- Empis digramma Meigen in Gistl, 1835
- Empis femorata Fabricius, 1798
- Empis livida Linnaeus, 1758
- Empis lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
- Empis lutea Meigen, 1804
- Empis nigripes Fabricius, 1794
- Empis nuntia Meigen, 1838
- Empis opaca Meigen, 1804
- Empis pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
- Empis planetica Collin, 1927
- Empis stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
- Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
- Empis trigramma Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
- Empis verralli Collin, 1927
- Heleodromia immaculata Haliday, 1833
- Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
- Hilara galactoptera Strobl, 1910
- Hilara interstincta (Fallén, 1816
- Hilara litorea (Fallén, 1816)
- Hilara maura (Fabricius, 1776)
- Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
- Phyllodromia melanocephala (Fabricius 1794)
- Rhamphomyia albohirta Collin, 1926
- Rhamphomyia crassirostris (Fallén, 1816)
- Rhamphomyia erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
- Rhamphomyia flava (Fallen, 1816)
- Rhamphomyia hirsutipes Collin, 1926
- Rhamphomyia lamellata Collin, 1926
- Rhamphomyia nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Rhamphomyia nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
- Rhamphomyia pilifer Meigen, 1838
- Rhamphomyia simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
- Rhamphomyia stigmosa Macquart, 1827
- Rhamphomyia sulcata (Meigen, 1804)
- Rhamphomyia umbripennis Meigen, 1838
- Trichopeza longicornis (Meigen, 1822)
Microphoridae 3 species
Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) 158 species including
- Anepsiomyia flaviventris (Meigen, 1824)
- Aphrosylus celtiber Haliday, 1855
- Argyra argyria (Meigen, 1824)
- Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)
- Campsicnemus curvipes (Fallen, 1823)
- Campsicnemus loripes (Haliday, 1832)
- Campsicnemus scambus (Fallen, 1823)
- Chrysotus neglectus (Wiedemann, 1817)
- Diaphorus oculatus (Fallén, 1823)
- Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824
- Dolichopus clavipes Haliday, 1832
- Dolichopus diadema Haliday, 1832
- Dolichopus discifer Stannius, 1831
- Dolichopus griseipennis Stannius, 1831
- Dolichopus lepidus Staeger, 1842
- Dolichopus longicornis Stannius, 1831
- Dolichopus nubilus Meigen, 1824
- Dolichopus pennatus Meigen, 1824
- Dolichopus picipes Meigen, 1824
- Dolichopus plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)
- Dolichopus sabinus Haliday, 1838
- Dolichopus simplex Meigen, 1824
- Dolichopus ungulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dolichopus urbanus Meigen, 1824
- Dolichopus vitripennis Meigen, 1824
- Gymnopternus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)
- Gymnopternus celer (Meigen, 1824)
- Gymnopternus cupreus (Fallen, 1823)
- Hercostomus nigripennis (Fallén, 1823)
- Hydrophorus nebulosus Fallén, 1823
- Hydrophorus oceanus (Macquart, 1838)
- Hydrophorus praecox (Lehmann, 1822)
- Lianculus virens (Scopoli, 1763)
- Medetera petrophiloides Parent, 1925
- Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824
- Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849
- Rhaphium consobrinum Zetterstedt, 1843
- Rhaphium crassipes (Meigen 1824)
- Scellus notatus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
- Sciapus wiedemanni (Fallen, 1823)
- Sybistroma obscurellum (Fallén, 1823)
- Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
- Syntormon pallipes (Fabricius, 1794)
- Tachytrechus notatus (Stannius, 1831)
- Thinophilus ruficornis (Haliday, 1838 in Curtis)

Superfamily Platypezoidea[]

Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) 1 species
- Opetia nigra Meigen, 1830
Platypezidae (flat-footed flies) 16 species including
- Callomyia elegans Meigen, 1804
Phoridae (scuttle flies / coffin flies) 151 species including
- Megaselia scalaris Loew, 1866
- Borophaga incrassata Meigen, 1830

Superfamily Lonchopteroidea (spear-winged flies or pointed-wing flies)[]

Lonchopteridae 3 species including
Lonchoptera lutea Panzer, 1809

Superfamily Syrphoidea[]

Female Arctophila superbiens, a common hoverfly.

Female Baccha elongata

Female Eristalis tenax

Syrphidae (hoverflies, flower flies) 183 species

see List of the Syrphidae of Ireland

Pipunculidae (big-headed flies) 31 species including
- Cephalops aeneus Fallen 1810
- Cephalops obtusinervis (Zetterstedt 1844)
- Chalarus spurius (Fallen 1816)
- Dorylomorpha xanthopus (Thomson 1870)
- Pipunculus thomsoni Becker 1897
- Tomosvaryella littoralis (Becker 1897)
- Verrallia aucta (Fallen 1817)

Superfamily Nerioidea[]

Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies) 3 species including
- Calobata petronella (Linnaeus, 1761)

Superfamily Diopsoidea[]

Psilidae (rust flies) 19 species including
- Chamaepsila (Chamaepsila) rosae (Fabricius, 1794)
- Chyliza leptogaster Panzer, 1798
- Loxocera albiseta (Schrank, 1803)
- Loxocera aristata (Panzer, 1801)
- Psila fimetaria (Linnaeus, 1761)

Superfamily Conopoidea (thick-headed flies)[]

Conopidae (thick-headed flies) 11 species including
- Conops quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776
- Sicus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Myopa buccata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Tephritoidea[]

Lonchaeidae (lance flies) 14 species including
- Lonchaea chorea (Fabricius, 1781)
- Setisquamalonchaea fumosa (Egger, 1862)
Pallopteridae (flutter-wing / trembling-wing / waving-wing flies) 10 species including
- Palloptera muliebris (Harris, [1780])
- Palloptera ustulata Fallen, 1820
Piophilidae (cheese flies) 7 species including
- Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies) 6 species including
- Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus 1758)
- Herina frondescentiae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Herina lugubris (Meigen 1826)
- Seioptera vibrans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tetanops myopina Fallen, 1820
Platystomatidae (signal flies) 2 species including
- Platystoma seminationis (Fabricius, 1775)
Tephritidae (fruit flies, peacock flies) 27 species including
- Acidia cognata (Wiedemann, 1817)
- Anomoia purmunda (Harris 1780)
- Campiglossa absinthii (Fabricius, 1805)
- Campiglossa loewiana (Hendel, 1927)
- Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Euleia heraclei (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Philophylla caesio (Harris 1780)
- Sphenella marginata (Fallén, 1814)
- Tephritis bardanae (Shrank, 1803)
- Tephritis conura (Loew, 1844)
- Tephritis formosa (Loew, 1844)
- Tephritis hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tephritis leontodontis (De Geer, 1776)
- Tephritis neesii (Meigen, 1830)
- Tephritis vespertina (Loew, 1844)
- Terellia ruficauda (Fabricius, 1794)
- Terellia serratulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Trupanea stellata (Fuesslin 1775)
- Trypeta zoe Meigen, 1826
- Urophora jaceana (Hering 1935)
- Urophora stylata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Xyphosia miliaria Schrank, 1781

Superfamily Lauxanioidea[]

Lauxaniidae 35 species including
- Calliopum aeneum (Fallen, 1820)
- Lauxania cylindricornis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Meiosimyza rorida (Fallén, 1820)
- Minettia inusta (Meigen, 1826)
- Minettia longipennis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Peplomyza litura (Meigen, 1826)
- Sapromyza quadricincta Becker, 1895
- Sapromyza quadripunctata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tricholauxania praeusta Fallén, 1820
Chamaemyiidae 8 species including
- Chamaemyia flavipalpis (Haliday, 1838)

Superfamily []

Coelopidae (kelp flies) 3 species including
- Coelopa frigida (Fabricius, 1805)
Dryomyzidae 3 species including
- Dryomyza anilis Fallén, 1820
Helcomyzidae 1 species
- Helcomyza ustulata Curtis, 1825
Heterocheilidae (half-bridge flies) 1 species
- Heterocheila buccata (Fallen, 1820)
Sciomyzidae (marsh flies, snail-killing flies) 55 species including
- Anticheta analis (Meigen, 1830)
- Anticheta brevipennis (Zetterstedt, 1846)
- Colobaea punctata (Lundbeck, 1923)
- Coremacera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Dictya umbrarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ditaeniella grisescens (Meigen, 1830)
- Elgiva cucularia (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Elgiva solicita (Harris, 1780)
- Hydromya dorsalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Ilione albiseta (Scopoli, 1763)
- Ilione lineata (Fallen, 1820)
- Limnia unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763)
- Pherbellia argyra Verbeke, 1967
- Pherbellia cinerella (Fallen, 1820)
- Pherbellia nana (Fallen, 1820)
- Pherbellia schoenherri (Fallén, 1826)
- Pherbellia ventralis (Fallén, 1820)
- Pherbina coryleti (Scopoli, 1763)
- Pteromicra angustipennis (Staeger, 1845)
- Renocera pallida (Fallén, 1820)
- Renocera strobili Hendel, 1900
- Sepedon sphegea (Fabricius, 1775)
- Sepedon spinipes (Scopoli, 1763)
- Tetanocera arrogans Meigen, 1830
- Tetanocera elata (Fabricius, 1781)
- Tetanocera ferruginea Fallén, 1820
- Tetanocera robusta Loew, 1847
- Trypetoptera punctulata (Scopoli, 1763)
Sepsidae (black scavenger flies, ensign flies) 19 species including
- Nemopoda nitidula (Fallen, 1820)
- Saltella sphondylii (Schrank, 1803)
- Sepsis fulgens Meigen, 1826
- Sepsis punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
- Sepsis violacea Meigen, 1826
- Themira annulipes (Meigen, 1826)
- Themira putris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Opomyzoidea[]

Clusiidae (druid flies) 5 species including
- Paraclusia tigrina (Fallen, 1820)
Odiniidae 2 species including
- Odinia boletina (Zetterstedt 1848)
Agromyzidae (leaf-miner flies) 114 species including
- Agromyza albipennis Meigen 1830
- Agromyza nana Meigen 1830
- Agromyza nigripes Meigen, 1830
- Nemorimyza posticata (Meigen, 1830)
- Phytoliriomyza melampyga (Loew, 1869)
- Phytomyza affinis Fallen, 1823
- Phytomyza ranunculi (Schrank, 1803)
Opomyzidae 8 species including
- Geomyza tripunctata Fallén, 1823
- Opomyza florum (Fabricius, 1794)
- Opomyza petrei Mesnil, 1934
Anthomyzidae 6 species including
- Stiphrosoma sabulosum (Haliday, 1837)
- Anthomyza gracilis Fallen, 1823
Aulacigastridae (sap flies) 1 species
Stenomicridae 1 species
Asteiidae 3 species including
- Asteia amoena Meigen, 1830
- Leiomyza scatophagina (Fallen, 1823)
- Leiomyza laevigata (Meigen, 1830)

Superfamily Carnoidea[]

Milichiidae (freeloader flies, filth flies, jackal flies) 2 species
Carnidae (bird flies / filth flies) 2 species
Braulidae (bee lice) 1 species
- Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818
Canacidae (beach flies, surf flies, surge flies) 6 species including
- Canace nasica (Haliday, 1839)
Chloropidae (frit flies, eye gnats, eye flies, grass flies) 70 species including
- Cetema elongatum (Meigen, 1830)
- Chlorops planifrons (Loew, 1866)
- Chlorops pumilionis (Bjerkander, 1778)
- Dicraeus vagans Meigen, 1838
- Diplotoxa messoria Fallen, 1820
- Elachiptera cornuta Fallen, 1820
- Melanum laterale Haliday, 1833
- Meromyza femorata Macquart, 1835
- Meromyza pratorum Meigen, 1830
- Meromyza triangulina Fedoseeva, 1960

Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea[]

Heleomyzidae 33 species including
- Heleomyza serrata (Linnaeus 1758)
- Heteromyza rotundicornis (Zetterstedt, 1846)
- Scoliocentra villosa (Meigen, 1830)
- Suillia affinis (Meigen, 1830)
- Suillia bicolor (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Suillia humilis (Meigen, 1830)
- Suillia imberbis Czerny, 1924
- Suillia variegata (Loew, 1862)
- Morpholeria ruficornis (Meigen, 1830)
- Tephrochlamys rufiventris (Meigen, 1830)
2 species
Chyromyidae 3 species including
- Gymnochiromyia flavella (Zetterstedt, 1848)
Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies, lesser dung flies, lesser corpse flies) 72 species including
- Copromyza nigrina (Gimmerthal 1847)
- Copromyza stercoraria (Meigen, 1830)
- Copromyza equina Fallén 1820
- Crumomyia roserii Rondani, 1880
- Crumomyia fimetaria Meigen, 1830
- Crumomyia nitida (Meigen, 1830)
- Leptocera fontinalis (Fallen, 1826)
- Limosina silvatica Meigen, 1830
- Lotophila atra (Meigen, 1830)
- Thoracochaeta brachystoma Stenhammar, 1854
- Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833)

Superfamily Ephydroidea[]

Drosophilidae 30 species including
- Chymomyza fuscimana (Zetterstedt, 1938)
- Drosophila melanogaster Meigen 1830
- Drosophila subobscura Collin 1936
- Drosophila tristis Fallen, 1823
- Lordiphosa andalusiaca (Strobl, 1906)
- Scaptomyza flava (Fallen, 1823)
- Stegana coleoptrata (Scopoli 1763)
Campichoetidae 2 species including
- Campichoeta obscuripennis (Meigen, 1830)
Diastatidae 4 species including
- Diastata adusta Meigen, 1830
- Diastata costata Meigen, 1830
- Diastata fuscula (Fallen, 1823)
- Diastata nebulosa (Fallen, 1823)
Camillidae 1 species
- Camilla flavicauda Duda, 1922
Ephydridae (shore flies, brine flies) 68 species including
- Dichaeta caudata (Fallen, 1813)
- Discomyza incurva (Fallen, 1823)
- Ilythea spilota Curtis, 1832
- Limnellia quadrata (Fallen, 1813)
- Notiphila aenea Waltl, 1837
- Notiphila riparia Meigen, 1830
- Ochthera mantis De Geer, 1776
- Paracoenia fumosa (Stenhammar, 1844)
- Parydra aquila (Fallen, 1813)
- Parydra fossarum (Haliday, 1833)

Superfamily Hippoboscoidea[]

Hippoboscidae (louse flies, keds) 8 species including
- Hippobosca equina Linnaeus 1758
- Crataerina pallida (Olivier in Latreille, 1812)
- Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ornithomya avicularia (Linnaeus 1758)
- Ornithomya fringillina Curtis, 1836
- Stenepteryx hirundinis (Linnaeus 1758)
Nycteribiidae (bat flies) 2 species including
- Nycteribia kolenatii Theodor & Moscona, 1954

Superfamily Muscoidea[]

Scathophagidae (dung flies) 33 species including
- Chaetosa punctipes Meigen, 1826
- Cleigastra apicalis (Meigen, 1826)
- Cordilura albipes Fallen, 1819
- Cordilura pudica Meigen, 1826
- Nanna inermis (Becker 1894)
- Norellia spinipes (Meigen, 1826)
- Norellisoma spinimanum (Fallen 1819)
- Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823)
- Scathophaga inquinata (Meigen, 1826)
- Scathophaga litorea (Fallén, 1819)
- Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus 1758)
- Scathophaga suilla (Fabricius, 1794)
- Spaziphora hydromyzina (Fallen, 1819)
- Trichopalpus fraternus (Meigen, 1826)
Anthomyiidae 93 species including
- Alliopsis billbergi (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Anthomyia confusanea Michelsen in Michelsen & Baez, 1985
- Anthomyia bazini Seguy, 1929
- Botanophila discreta (Meigen, 1826)
- Botanophila fugax (Meigen, 1826)
- Chirosia betuleti (Ringdahl, 1935)
- Delia albula (Fallén, 1825)
- Delia antiqua (Meigen, 1826)
- Delia radicum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Delia floralis (Fallén, 1824)
- Fucellia fucorum (Fallen, 1819)
- Hylemya nigrimana (Meigen, 1826)
- Hylemya urbica Wulp, 1896
- Hylemya vagans (Panzer, 1798)
- Hylemya variata (Fallen, 1823)
- Hydrophoria lancifer (Harris, [1780])
- Hydrophoria ruralis (Meigen, 1826)
- Lasiomma seminitidum (Zetterstedt, 1845)
- Mycophaga testacea (Gimmerthal, 1834)
- Myopina myopina (Fallen, 1824)
- Paradelia intersecta (Meigen, 1826)
- Pegomya betae (Curtis, 1847)
- Pegomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817)
- Pegomya rubivora (Coquillett, 1897)
- Pegomya solennis (Meigen, 1826)
- Pegoplata aestiva (Meigen, 1826)
- Pegoplata infirma (Meigen, 1826)
Fanniidae 27 species including
- Fannia armata (Meigen, 1826)
- Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Fannia lepida (Wiedemann, 1817)
- Fannia lustrator (Harris, 1780)
- Fannia mollissima (Haliday, 1840)
- Fannia pusio (Wiedemann, 1830)
- Fannia rondanii (Strobl, 1893)
- Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794)
- Fannia serena (Fallén, 1825)
- Fannia sociella (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Muscidae (house flies, stable flies) 163 species including
- Achanthiptera rohrelliformis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
- Azelia cilipes (Haliday, 1838)
- Azelia nebulosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
- Coenosia albicornis Meigen, 1826
- Coenosia agromyzina (Fallen, 1825)
- Coenosia antennata (Zetterstedt, 1849)
- Coenosia mollicula (Fallen, 1825)
- Coenosia testacea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
- Coenosia tigrina (Fabricius, 1775)
- Coenosia verralli Collin, 1953
- Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763)
- Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Haematobosca stimulans (Meigen, 1824)
- Hebecnema umbratica (Meigen, 1826)
- Hebecnema nigra (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
- Hebecnema nigricolor (Fallen, 1825)
- Hebecnema vespertina (Fallén, 1823)
- Helina allotalla (Meigen, 1830)
- Helina confinis (Fallén, 1825)
- Helina depuncta (Fallén, 1825)
- Helina evecta (Harris, 1780)
- Helina impuncta (Fallén, 1825)
- Helina maculipennis (Zetterstedt, 1845)
- Helina protuberans (Zetterstedt, 1845)
- Helina reversio (Harris, 1780)
- Helina setiventris Ringdahl, 1924
- Hydrotaea albipuncta (Zetterstedt, 1845)
- Hydrotaea cyrtoneurina (Zetterstedt, 1845)
- Hydrotaea dentipes (Fabricius, 1805)
- Limnophora tigrina Am Stein, 1860
- Limnophora triangula (Fallén, 1825)
- Lispe pygmaea Fallen, 1825
- Lispe tentaculata (De Geer, 1776)
- Lispocephala alma (Meigen, 1826)
- Lispocephala erythrocera (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
- Lophosceles cinereiventris (Zetterstedt, 1845)
- Mesembrina meridiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Morellia aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
- Morellia simplex (Loew, 1857)
- Musca autumnalis De Geer, 1776
- Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
- Muscina levida (Harris, 1780)
- Mydaea corni (Scopoli, 1763)
- Mydaea setifemur Ringdahl, 1924
- Mydaea urbana (Meigen, 1826)
- Myospila meditabunda (Fabricius, 1781)
- Phaonia angelicae (Scopoli, 1763)
- Phaonia cincta (Zetterstedt, 1846)
- Phaonia errans (Meigen, 1826)
- Phaonia fuscata (Fallén, 1825)
- Phaonia halterata (Stein, 1893)
- Phaonia incana (Wiedemann, 1817)
- Phaonia pallida (Fabricius, 1787)
- Phaonia palpata (Stein, 1897)
- Phaonia perdita (Meigen, 1830)
- Phaonia rufiventris (Scopoli, 1763)
- Phaonia subventa (Harris, 1780)
- Phaonia tuguriorum (Scopoli, 1763)
- Phaonia valida (Harris, 1780)
- Schoenomyza litorella (Fallen, 1823)
- Spilogona aerea (Fallén, 1825)
- Spilogona denigrata (Meigen, 1826)
- Thricops diaphanus (Wiedemann, 1817)
- Thricops rostratus (Meade, 1882)
- Thricops semicinereus (Wiedemann, 1817)
- Villeneuvia aestuum (Villeneuve, 1902)

Superfamily Oestroidea[]

Calliphoridae (blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, cluster flies) 20 species including
- Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
- Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus 1758)
- Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus 1758)
- Lucilia illustris (Meigen 1826)
- Lucilia sericata (Meigen 1826)
- Lucilia silvarum (Meigen 1826)
- Melinda viridicyanea (Robineau-Desvoidy 1830)
- Phormia regina (Meigen 1826)
- Pollenia rudis (Fabricius 1794)
- Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy 1830)
Rhinophoridae 4 species including
- Melanophora roralis (Linnaeus 1758)
- Paykullia maculata (Fallen, 1815)
- Rhinophora lepida (Meigen 1824)
Sarcophagidae (flesh flies) 24 species including
- Miltogramma punctata Meigen, 1824
- Sarcophaga africa (Wiedemann 1824)
- Sarcophaga aratrix Pandelle, 1896
- Sarcophaga carnaria (Linnaeus 1758)
- Sarcophaga incisilobata Pandellé, 1896
- Sarcophaga sinuata Meigen, 1826
- Sarcophaga subvicina Baranov, 1937
- Sarcophaga teretirostris Pandelle, 1896
- Sarcophaga vagans Meigen, 1826
Tachinidae 65 species including
- Gymnosoma rotundatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Actia pilipennis (Fallén, 1810)
- Aplomya confinis (Fallen 1820)
- Blondelia nigripes (Fallén, 1810)
- Carcelia lucorum (Meigen 1824)
- Compsilura concinnata (Meigen 1824)
- Cylindromyia brassicaria (Fabricius 1775)
- Cyzenis albicans (Fallén, 1810)
- Dexiosoma caninum (Fabricius, 1781)
- Eriothrix rufomaculata (DeGeer, 1776)
- Eurithia anthophila (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
- Eurithia connivens Zetterstedt, 1844
- Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Gonia capitata (De Geer, 1776)
- Gonia picea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
- Gymnocheta viridis (Fallén, 1810)
- Linnaemya vulpina (Fallén, 1810)
- Loewia foeda (Meigen 1824)
- Lophosia fasciata Meigen, 1824
- Lydella stabulans (Meigen 1824)
- Lydina aenea (Meigen, 1824)
- Lypha dubia (Fallén, 1810)
- Macquartia dispar (Fallén, 1820)
- Macquartia grisea (Fallén, 1810)
- Medina collaris (Fallen 1820)
- Nilea hortulana (Meigen 1824)
- Pales pavida (Meigen 1824)
- Phasia hemiptera (Fabricius, 1794)
- Phasia obesa (Fabricius, 1798)
- Phryxe nemea (Meigen, 1824)
- Phryxe vulgaris (Fallen 1810)
- Phytomyptera nigrina (Meigen 1824)
- Platymya fimbriata (Meigen 1824)
- Prosena siberita (Fabricius 1775)
- Siphona geniculata (De Geer 1776)
- Siphona maculata Zetterstedt, 1849
- Tachina fera (Linnaeus 1761)
- Tachina grossa (Linnaeus 1758)
- Thelaira nigripes (Fallén, 1817)
- Voria ruralis (Fallen 1810)
- Campylocheta inepta Meigen, 1824
Oestridae (bot flies, warble flies, heel flies, gadflies) 6 species including
- Cephenemyia stimulator (Clark 1851)
- Gasterophilus intestinalis (De Geer 1776)
- Hypoderma bovis (Linnaeus 1758)
- Hypoderma lineatum (Villers 1789)
- Oestrus ovis Linnaeus 1758

Identification and descriptions, line drawings[]

Faune de France Bibliotheque-virtuelle-numerique Titles available as free pdf

Séguy, E., 1923. Diptères Anthomyides. 393 p., 813 fig. Faune n° 6
Pierre, C., 1924. Diptères : Tipulidae. 159 p. Faune n° 8
Séguy, E., 1926. Diptères Brachycères. 308 p., 685 fig. Faune n° 13
Séguy, E., 1927. Diptères Asilidae. 188 p., 389 fig. Faune n° 17
Goetghebuer. M., 1932. Diptères Nématocères Chironomidae. IV. 196 p., 315 fig. Faune n° 23
Séguy, E., 1934. Diptères (Brachycères). 832 p., 903 fig Faune n° 23 .
Parent, O., 1938. Diptères Dolichopodidae. 720 p., 1 002 fig. Faune n° 35
Séguy, E., 1940. Diptères (Nématocères). 367 p., 414 fig. Faune n° 36

References[]

^ Chandler, P.J., Nash, R, and O’Connor, J.P 2008 An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Two-winged flies (Diptera) The Irish Biogeographical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
^ Chandler, P.J..1998 Checklist of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera (Incorporating a List of Irish Diptera) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 12, 234 pages.

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[1] Chandler, P.J., Nash, R, and O’Connor, J.P 2008 An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Two-winged flies (Diptera) The Irish Biogeographical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin

[2] Chandler, P.J..1998 Checklist of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera (Incorporating a List of Irish Diptera) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 12, 234 pages.

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