List of dipterans of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still it is counting. So many new species are discover up to this time also. So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.
This a list of the dipterans found from Sri Lanka.
Fly[]
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species of mosquitoes, horseflies,[a]
Mosquitoes (Culicidae) are vectors for malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, yellow fever, encephalitis, and other infectious diseases. Houseflies spread food-borne illnesses. Larger flies such as tsetse fly and screwworm cause significant economic harm to cattle.[1] Well over 3,500 species of mosquitoes were found and described, and new species are about to discover.[2] Sri Lanka is home to 131 species of mosquitoes that included to 16 genera with 17 endemic species.[3][4][5]
Blowfly larvae, known as gentles, and other dipteran larvae, known more generally as maggots, are used as fishing bait and as food for carnivorous animals. In medical debridement, wounds are cleaned using maggots.
The exact number of species confined to the country is very difficult to note down, due to few researchers and publications of papers focusing them.[6] Most of the cited references are from way back in 1900s, and very few are from 2010 revisions.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] In 2020, two stalk-eyed flies were described from Pundaluoya and Udawattakele.[15]
There are more than 1,341 dipterans found in the island, which earns fourth largest insect order found.[16]
Family: Acroceridae - Spider flies[]
Family: Agromyzidae - Leaf-miner flies[]
- Cerodontha incisa
- Liriomyza brassicae
- Liriomyza huidobrensis
- Liriomyza sativae
- Ophiomyia lantanae
- Phytomyza syngenesiae
Family: Anisopodidae - Wood gnats[]
Family: Anthomyiidae - Root-maggot flies[]
Family: Asilidae - Robber flies[]
- Chrysopogon zizanioides
- Cophinopoda chinensis
- Heteropogon triticeus
Family: Asteiidae - Asteiid flies[]
Family: Athericidae - Ibis flies[]
Family: Blephariceridae - Net-winged midges[]
Family: Bombyliidae - Bee flies[]
- Euchariomyia dives
Family: Bibionidae - March flies[]
Family: Calliphoridae - Blow flies[]
- Chrysomya megacephala
- Chrysomya rufifacies
- Chrysomya villeneuvi
- Stomorhina lunata
Family: Canacidae - Surge flies[]
Family: Cecidomyiidae - Gall midges[]
- - monotyoic endemic
- - monotypic endemic
- Feltiella acarisuga
- - monotypic endemic
- - monotypic endemic
Family: Celyphidae - Beetle flies[]
Family: Ceratopogonidae - Biting midges[]
Family: Chamaemyiidae - Silver flies[]
Family: Chaoboridae - Phantom midges[]
Family: Chironomidae - Nonbiting midges[]
Family: Chloropidae - Eye flies[]
Family: Clusiidae - Druid flies[]
Family: Conopidae - Thick-headed flies[]
Family: Cryptochetidae[]
Family: Cypselosomatidae[]
Family: Culicidae - Mosquitoes[]
Family: Curtonotidae - Quasimodo flies[]
Family: Diopsidae - Stalk-eyed flies[]
Family: Dixidae - Meniscus midges[]
Family: Dolichopodidae - Long-legged flies[]
Family: Drosophilidae - Fruit flies[]
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Leucophenga maculata
Family: Empididae - Balloon flies[]
Family: Ephydridae - Shore flies[]
Family: Fanniidae - Little house flies[]
- Euryomma peregrinum
- Fannia canicularis
Family: Hippoboscidae - Louse flies[]
Family: Hybotidae - Dance flies[]
Family: Lauxaniidae[]
Family: Keroplatidae - Fungus gnats[]
- - monotypic genus
- - endemic genus
- - monotypic endemic
Family: Limoniidae - Limoniid crane flies[]
- - subsp. citrocastanea
- - subsp. ctenophoroides, nigrithorax
- Limonia annulata
- - endemic genus
Family: Lonchaeidae - Lance flies[]
Family: Lygistorrhinidae[]
- Lygistorrhina asiatica
Family: Micropezidae - Stilt-legged flies[]
Family: Milichiidae - Freeloader flies[]
Family: Muscidae - House flies[]
Family: Mycetophilidae - Fungus gnats[]
- Aneura pinguis
- - endemic genus
Family: Mydidae - Mydas flies[]
Family: Nemestrinidae - Tangle-veined flies[]
- - monotypic endemic genus
Family: Neriidae - Stilt-legged flies[]
Family: Nycteribiidae - Bat flies[]
Family: Pachyneuridae[]
Family: Periscelididae[]
Family: Phoridae - Scuttle flies[]
Family: Pipunculidae - Big-headed flies[]
Family: Platypezidae - Flat-footed flies[]
Family: Platystomatidae - Signal flies[]
Family: Psilidae - Rust flies[]
Family: Psychodidae - Moth flies[]
- Clogmia albipunctata
- Phlebotomus argentipes
Family: Pyrgotidae - Picture-winged flies[]
Family: Rhagionidae - Snipe flies[]
Family: Rhiniidae[]
Family: Rhinophoridae - Woodlouse flies[]
Family: Sarcophagidae - Flesh flies[]
- Metopia argyrocephala
- Sarcophaga peregrina
Family: Sciaridae - Dark-winged fungus gnats[]
Family: Scathophagidae - Dung flies[]
Family: Scatopsidae - Dung midges[]
Family: Scenopinidae - Window flies[]
Family: Sciaridae - Dark-winged fungus gnats[]
Family: Sciomyzidae - Marsh flies[]
Family: Sepsidae - Black scavenger flies[]
Family: Simuliidae - Black flies[]
Family: Sphaeroceridae - Lesser dung flies[]
Family: Stratiomyidae - Soldier flies[]
- Adoxomyia heminopla
- Allognosta fuscitarsis
- - endemic genus
- - endemic genus
- Hermetia illucens
- Microchrysa flavicornis
- Microchrysa flaviventris
- - monotypic endemic genus
Family: Streblidae - Streblid bat flies[]
Family: Syrphidae - Hoverflies[]
Family: Tabanidae - Horseflies[]
- - subsp. rhizophorae
- - monotypic endemic genus
- - monotypic endemic genus
Family: Tachinidae - Tachina flies[]
Family: Tephritidae - Fruit flies[]
- Actinoptera biseta
- Actinoptera brahma
- Actinoptera formosana
- Bactrocera correcta
- Bactrocera cucurbitae
- Bactrocera dorsalis
- Bactrocera invadens
- Bactrocera invadens
- Campiglossa aeneostriata
- Campiglossa agatha
- Dioxyna picciola
- Elaphromyia siva
- Goniurellia persignata
- Metasphenisca reinhardi
- Oxyaciura monochaeta
- Oxyaciura xanthotricha
- Platensina acrostacta
- Platensina zodiacalis
- Pliomelaena translucida
- Rhabdochaeta pulchella
- Rhochmopterum seniorwhitei
- Scedella orientalis
- Scedella spiloptera
- Spathulina acroleuca
- Sphaeniscus melanotrichotus
- Sphaeniscus quadrincisus
- Sphenella sinensis
- Tephraciura basimacula
- Trupanea amoena
- Trupanea aucta
Family: Therevidae - Stiletto flies[]
Family: Tipulidae - Crane flies[]
- - subsp. laeta, strigidorsum
Family: Ulidiidae - picture-winged flies[]
Family: Xylomyidae - Wood soldier flies[]
Family: Xylophagidae - Awl-flies[]
Notes[]
- ^ Some authors draw a distinction in writing the common names of insects. True flies are in their view best written as two words, such as crane fly, robber fly, bee fly, moth fly, and fruit fly.
References[]
- ^ "(Diptera: Culicidae) of Sri Lanka" (PDF). University of Kelaniya. Retrieved 25 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Molecular studies of Anopheles culicifacies (Diptera: Culicidae) in Sri Lanka". University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Jayasekara, Nalini; Chelliah, Robert V. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). National Science Council of Sri Lanka. thakshana.nsf.ac.lk. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Observation on the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Udawattakele forest, Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Amaresinghe, F.P. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Feeding preference of the predatory larvae of genus Lutzia". South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Grimaldi, David (July 1988). "Drosophila (Hirtodrosophila) chandleri (Diptera: Drosophilidae) a New Species from Sri Lanka with Broad-Headed Males". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 96 (3): 323–326. JSTOR 25009694.
- ^ "Parasitoids of Liriomyza sativae in Mid country of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Tropical agricultural research. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "The Simuliidae (Diptera) of Sri Lanka". nrcresearchpress.com. doi:10.1139/z87-231. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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(help) - ^ "A new species of Damalis FABRICIUS from Sri Lanka (Diptera: Asilidae)". Studia Dipterologica 4(1): 197-200. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Description of sandfly (diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) species from Sri Lanka". repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "New species and new collections of Ceratopogonidae Diptera From Sri lanka". Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "An annotated list of Stratiomyidae (Diptera) from Sri Lanka with taxonomic notes on some genera". Masaryk University. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Studies on fruit fly infestation in banana cultivars in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Siphunculina species". ZipcodeZoo. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Feijen, Hans R.; Feijen, Cobi (2020-06-07). "A revision of the genus Teleopsis Rondani (Diptera, Diopsidae) in Sri Lanka with descriptions of two new species and a review of the other stalk-eyed flies from the island". ZooKeys (946): 113–151. doi:10.3897/zookeys.946.53108. PMC 7358254. PMID 32728342. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
- ^ Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation. ISBN 9789558177518. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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