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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Central Province (Sri Lanka)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
200
705
942
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
200
705
942
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
182
652
850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
117
542
718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
33
94
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Province (Sri Lanka)
33 Families width 148 Species and 1 Subspecies
#HSCTMAKNDLPEBXR
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies5SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies3SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids1SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies6SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat18SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies16SpeciesTaxom
Conopidae Latreille, 1802Thick-headed Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies33SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973Athericid flies0SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies3SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats10SpeciesTaxom
Nemestrinidae Macquart, 1834Tangle-veined flies1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochetidae Brues & Mela..., 1932Cryptochetid Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies5SpeciesTaxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862Filth flies2SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae Speiser, 1909Craneflies2SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies4SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies1SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies7SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies3SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae (Latreille, 1802)Drone flies4SpeciesTaxom
Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819Keds1SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgotidae Schiner, 1868Light Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Therevidae Newman, 1834Stiletto flies1SpeciesTaxom
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Xylophagidae Fallen, 1810Awl-flies0SpeciesTaxom
Rhinophoridae Robineau-Des..., 1863Woodlouse flies1SpeciesTaxom
Diopsidae Billberg, 1820Stalk-eyed flies2SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Province (Sri Lanka)
94 Genera with 148 Species
#ABCDEHKLMNOPRSTUX
Acarterus Loew, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Adoxomyia Kertesz, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Aedes Meigen, 1895Ochlerotatus2SpeciesTaxom
Aedokritus1SpeciesTaxom
Aegophagamyia1SpeciesTaxom
Allodia Winnertz, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Anthracophagella Andersson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Antocha Osten Sacken, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Archiconops Kröber, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Aspilota Foerster, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Atractocerops Townsend, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Atrichops Verrall, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Azana Walker, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 199926SpeciesTaxom
Baeoura Alexander, 01SpeciesTaxom
Borbororhinia Townsend, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Burmacrocera Cockerell, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Ceyloniola Strand, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19642SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochetum Rondani, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1948Typical Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Cydistomyia Taylor, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Desmometopa Loew, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Drapetis Meigen, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropeza Macquart, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ellipteroides Becker, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Epicypta Winnertz, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Euceroplatus Edwards, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Eupilaria Alexander, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Euprosopia Macquart, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Eutoroca1SpeciesTaxom
Exechia Winnertz, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Exorista Meigen, 01SpeciesTaxom
Haematopota Meigen, 1906Clegs2SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hemipyrellia Townsend, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Hermetia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Heteropterna Skuse, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Hexatoma Latreille, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatus Bosc, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Laurypta Edwards, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Leptotarsus Guérin-Ménev..., 19271SpeciesTaxom
Liriomyza Mik, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Lispe Latreille, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Lissimodes Mackerras, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Manota Williston, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901Submarine Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Melanagromyza Hendel, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Melanostoma Schiner, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Metallea Wulp, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Michotamia Macquart, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Mitroplatia Enderlein, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Morellia Robineau-Des..., 19651SpeciesTaxom
Myophthiria Rondani, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Neoascia Williston, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Neoempheria Osten-sacken, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Paragus Latreille, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Parahybos Kertesz, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Peltodasia Enderlein, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Peltodesia1SpeciesTaxom
Phycus Beckeri Krober, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Phytoliriomyza Hendel, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Platensina Enderlein, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Platyceridion Tollet, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Platyroptilon Westwood, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1927love bug1SpeciesTaxom
Pleurocerinella Brunetti, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Proceroplatus Edwards, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Prosena Lepeletier &..., 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pselliophora Osten Sacken, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomerodontina Joseph & Parui, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomicrodon Hull, 1937
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptilocera Wiedemann, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Rachicerus Walker, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Ralytupa Edwards, 01SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidia Meigen, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Rioxa Walker, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 19142SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Scedella Munro, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Sisyropa Brauer & von..., 18991SpeciesTaxom
Stevenia Robineau-Des..., 19191SpeciesTaxom
Stylogaster Macquart, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Syneches Walker, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Teleopsis Rondani, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Telmatoscopus Eaton, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Tipula Linnaeus, 1927Cranefly3SpeciesTaxom
Udenocera Ricardo, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Xenoplatyura Malloch, 19221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Province (Sri Lanka)
148 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acarterus varipes (Senior-White, 1924)⇒ Syneches varipes Senior-White, 1924
Adoxomyia heminopla Wiedemann, 1819
Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)⇒ Stegomyia aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1895)⇒ Stegomyia albopicta Skuse, 1894
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, 1931
Aegophagamyia bengalia Seguy, 1938
Allodia (Allodia) varicornis Senior-White, 1922
Anthracophagella sulcifrons Becker, 1911
Antocha (Antocha) fusca Edwards, 1928
Archiconops erythrocephalus Fabricius, 1794
Aspilota ceylonica Ashmead, 1904
Atractocerops ceylanicus Townsend, 1916
Azana (Azana) asiatica Senior-White, 1922
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) apicofuscans Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) brunneola Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ceylanica Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) correcta Bezzi, 1916Guava fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis Hendel, 1912Oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) fernandoi Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) hantanae Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) kandiensis Drew & Hancock, 1994
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) latifrons Hendel, 1915Malaysian fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) nigrofemoralis Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) paraverbascifoliae Drew & Raghu, 2002
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) perigrapha Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) profunda Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) syzygii Tsuruta & White, 2001
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) verbascifoliae Drew & Hancock, 1994
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) versicolor Bezzi, 1916
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) zonata (Saunders, 1841)⇒ Bactrocera correcta Bezzi, 1916
Bactrocera (Javadacus) trilineata Hardy, 1955
Bactrocera (Paratridacus) diversa Coquillett, 1904
Bactrocera (Paratridacus) garciniae Bezzi, 1913
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) caudata Fabricius, 1805
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899Melon fly
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) duplicata Bezzi, 1916
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) gavisa Munro, 1935
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) tau Walker, 1849Fruit fly
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) zahadi Mahmood, 1999
Baeoura singhalica
Borbororhinia bivittata Walker, 1856
Burmacrocera minuta Senior-White, 1922
Ceyloniola magnifica Lichtwardt, 1909
Chrysosoma kandyensis Hollis, 1964
Chrysosoma shentorea Hollis, 1964
Culex (Eumelanomyia) campilunati Carter & Wij..., 1948
Cydistomyia (Amanella) minor Oldroyd, 1954
Dacus (Callantra) longicornis Wiedemann, 1830Shortstalk false bindweed
Dacus (Callantra) ramanii Drew & Hancock, 1998
Dacus (Didacus) keiseri Hering, 1956
Damalis kassebeeri Geller-Grimm, 1997
Desmometopa kandyensis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa srilankae Sabrosky, 1983
Drapetis nigropunctata Senior-White, 1922
Elaphropeza (Elaphropeza) nigropunctata
Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) pictilis Alexander, 1958
Emphysomera nigra (Schiner, 1868)⇒ Ommatius nigra Schiner, 1868
Epicypta bilunulata Senior-White, 1924
Epicypta ferruginea Senior-White, 1922
Epicypta flavohirta Senior-White, 1922
Epicypta nigroflava Senior-White, 1922
Epicypta pectenipes Senior-White, 1922
Epicypta setosiventris Senior-White, 1922
Euceroplatus notaticoxa Edwards, 1929
Eupilaria thysanotos Alexander, 1958
Euprosopia dorsata Hendel, 1914
Eutoroca fasciata
Exechia albicincta Senior-White, 1922
Exechia ampullata Senior-White, 1921
Exechia argenteofasciata Senior-White, 1921
Exechia cristata Senior-White, 1921
Exechia cristatoides Senior-White, 1924
Exechia paramirastoma Senior-White, 1922
Exechia zeylanica Senior-White, 1921
Exorista heterusia
Haematopota cingalensis Ricardo, 1906
Haematopota unizonata Ricardo, 1906
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemipyrellia ligurriens Wiedemann, 1830
Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758American soldier fly
Heteropterna fenestralis Matile, 1990
Hexatoma (Eriocera) albonotata Loew, 1852
Hexatoma (Eriocera) ctenophoroides Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma ctenophoroides ctenophoroides Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) fusca Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) rufithorax (Brunetti, 1912)⇒ Hexatoma ctenophoroides Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) scutellata Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) subpaenulata (Edwards, 1926)⇒ Hexatoma neopaenulata Alexander, 1957
Hexatoma (Eriocera) tuberculifera Edwards, 1911
Keroplatus notaticoxa Senior-White, 1922
Laurypta tripunctata Senior-White, 1924
Leptotarsus (Macromastix) errans Edwards, 1927
Liriomyza pusilla Meigen, 1830
Lispe nicobarensis Schiner, 1868
Lissimodes minor Oldroyd, 1957
Manota orientalis Senior-White, 1922
Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald, 1901
Melanagromyza albisquama Malloch, 1927
Melanagromyza obtusa Malloch, 1914Agromyzid fly
Melanagromyza pubiseta Hendel, 1923
Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Melanostoma fasciatum Macquart, 1850
Metallea flavibasis Senior-White, 1922
Michotamia nigra Meijere, 1911
Mitroplatia albisquama Emden, 1965
Morellia biseta Emden, 1965
Myophthiria zeylanica Maa, 1980
Neoascia (Neoascia) podagrica Fabricius, 1775
Neoempheria bifascipennis Brunetti, 1912
Neoempheria unifascipennis Senior-White, 1922
Ophiomyia conspicua Spencer, 1961
Ophiomyia phaseoli Tryon, 1895Bean fly
Paragus (Serratoparagus) crenulatus Thompson, 1869
Paragus auritus Stuckenberg, 1954
Parahybos jardinei Senior-White, 1924
Peltodasia magnicornis Hendel, 1914
Peltodesia magnicornis Hendel, 1914
Phycus brunneus Wiedemann, 1824
Phytoliriomyza nigriantennalis Spencer, 1975
Plagiostenopterina cinctaria Hendel, 1914
Platensina acrostacta Wiedemann, 1824
Platyceridion talaroceroides Senior-White, 1921
Platyroptilon talaroceroides Senior-White, 1921
Plecia rufilatera Edwards, 1927
Pleurocerinella dioctriaeformis Brunetti, 1923
Proceroplatus pulchripennis Senior-White, 1922
Prosena siberita Fabricius, 1775Parasitic fly
Pselliophora taprobanes Walker, 1848
Pseudomerodontina alata Scarbrough &..., 2000
Ptilocera continua Walker, 1851Cow cabbage
Ralytupa juxta
Rhipidia (Rhipidia) subtesselata Brunetti, 1912
Rhipidia (Rhipidia) zeylanica (Senior-White, 1922)⇒ Rhipidia subtesselata Brunetti, 1912
Rioxa sexmaculata (Wulp, 1880)⇒ Rioxa discalis Walker, 1861
Rivellia costalis Hendel, 1914
Rivellia furcata Hendel, 1914
Saropogon srilankaensis Joseph & Parui, 1995
Scedella spiloptera Bezzi, 1913
Sisyropa heterusiae Coquillett, 1899
Stevenia ceylanica Townsend, 1919
Stylogaster orientalis Brunetti, 1923
Syneches varipes Senior-White, 1924
Teleopsis krombeini Feijen, 1998
Teleopsis maculata Feijen, 1998
Telmatoscopus (Clogmia) albipunctata Williston, 1893
Tipula (Lunatipula) griesheimae Mannheims & ..., 1959
Tipula (Lunatipula) subonusta Mannheims & ..., 1959
Tipula (Platytipula) hampsoni Edwards, 1927
Udenocera brunnea Ricardo, 1904
Xenoplatyura lunifrons Senior-White, 1922

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Central Province (Sri Lanka)
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
25
63
95
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
8
31
53
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Diptera at hbs.bishopmuseum.org
Diptera at sci-s03.bacs.uq.edu.au
Diptera at papua-insects.nl
Diptera at artfakta.se
Diptera at dyntaxa.se
Diptera at gbif.org
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Diptera at itis.gov
Diptera at marinespecies.org