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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region Oman (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
202
1139
2081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
200
1135
2077
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
192
1112
2040
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
148
998
1896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
47
133
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Oman
47 Families width 177 Species and 2 Subspecies
#ETAVSBCPDMHLOK
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies10SpeciesTaxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies5SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies5SpeciesTaxom
Vermileonidae Williston, 1886Wormlion1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies1SpeciesTaxom
Anthomyzidae Czerny, 1903Anthomyzid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies49SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Chyromyidae Hendel, 1916Chiromyid flies6SpeciesTaxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840Chloropid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies11SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge10SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies4SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids2SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat1SpeciesTaxom
Conopidae Latreille, 1802Thick-headed Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tethinidae Hendel, 1916Tethinid flies5SpeciesTaxom
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Anthomyiid flies2SpeciesTaxom
Milichiidae Schiner, 1862Filth flies3SpeciesTaxom
Mythicomyiidae Melander, 1902Micro Bee Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies3SpeciesTaxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903Mydas flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Canacidae Jones, 1906Beach Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae Speiser, 1909Craneflies4SpeciesTaxom
Camillidae Frey, 1921Camillid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Agromyzidae Fallen, 1823Leaf miner flies4SpeciesTaxom
Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910Aphid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies2SpeciesTaxom
Carnidae Newman, 1834Bird flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835Beach flies1SpeciesTaxom
Canaceidae Jones, 1906Beach flies2SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophagidae (Macquart, 1834)Flesh flies1SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Streblidae (Kolenati, 1863)Bat flies0SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820Marsh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Sepsidae Walker, 1833Black scavenger flies1SpeciesTaxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861Lance Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies1SpeciesTaxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834Big headed flies1SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Oman
133 Genera with 177 Species
#ABCDEGHIKLMNOPRSTVXZ
Actocetor Becker, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Adersia Austen, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Afroholopogon Londt, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Allograpta Osten-sacken, 1875
Stripetails0SpeciesTaxom
Allotrichoma Becker, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Amygdalops Lamb, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Anastoechus Osten-sacken, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1988Malaria Mosquitoes3SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1980Charcoal Bee Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Antonia Pohl, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Aphaniosoma Becker, 19966SpeciesTaxom
Aphanotrigonum Duda, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Aplomya Robineau-Des..., 18241SpeciesTaxom
Apocephalus Coquillett, 2000Ant-decapitating Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Assuania Becker, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Atissa Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Bezzia Kieffer, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1924Greater Bee Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Calamoncosis Enderlein, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Capparimyia Bezzi, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Chaetogonopteron Meijere, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Chlorichaeta Becker, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1830Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Clanoneurum Becker, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Clastobasis Skuse, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Conioscinella Duda, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Conops Linnaeus, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 01SpeciesTaxom
Coquillettidia Dyar, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Cosmina Robineau-Des..., 19961SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1828Typical Mosquito4SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1989Midge5SpeciesTaxom
Cytherea Fabricius, 18734SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Dasyhelea Kieffer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Delia Robineau-Des..., 18262SpeciesTaxom
Desmatoneura Williston, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Desmometopa Loew, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Doliopteryx Hesse, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Drosophila Fallen, 1830Fruit fly1SpeciesTaxom
Empidideicus Becker, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Eremisca Hull, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Eremomidas Semenov, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Eristalinus Rondani, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Eutropha Loew, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Goniurellia Hendel, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Hecamede Halida, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 19807SpeciesTaxom
Hexatoma Latreille, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Horaismoptera Hendel, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Idiocera Dale, 19974SpeciesTaxom
Katacamilla Papp, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Kleinschmidtimyia Spencer, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Leptometopa Becker, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsilopa Cresson, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Leucopis Meigen, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Leylaiya Efflatoun, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Ligyra Newman, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Liriomyza Mik, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Lispocephala Pokorny, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Litorhina Bowden, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1945Sand Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 20064SpeciesTaxom
Meoneura Rondani, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Metopostigma Becker, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Microtreta Freidberg, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Milichia Meigen, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Milichiella Giglio-Tos, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Minettia Robineau-Des..., 19071SpeciesTaxom
Nocticanace Malloch, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Nostima Coquillett, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Omyxa Mathis & Zat..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomyia Braschnikov, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Pachylophus Loew, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Palpomyia Meigen, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Parachistus Greathead, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Paralimna Loew, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Parasarcophaga Johnston & T..., 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Peribaea Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Philoliche Wiedemann, 19833SpeciesTaxom
Physiphora Fallen, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Pierretia Robineau-Des..., 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Poecilognathus Jaennicke, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Prothaplocnemis Bezzi, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Pselaphia Becker, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Psilopa Fallen, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Raymondia Frauenfeld, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhyncomya Robineau-Des..., 19512SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Sarcophaga Meigen, 1999Common Flesh Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Scaptomyza Hardy, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Scatella Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Sepedon Latreille, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Sergentomyia França & Par..., 19821SpeciesTaxom
Silba Macquart, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Simulium Latreille, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Sparnopolius Loew, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Spatulapica Fan, 1964
0SpeciesTaxom
Spogostylum Macquart, 19244SpeciesTaxom
Styringomyia Loew, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Suffomyia Freidberg, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Systoechus Loew, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1858Common horse flies1SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Tethina Haliday, 19814SpeciesTaxom
Thelyconychia Brauer & von..., 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Tomosvaryella Hardy, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Toxophora Meigen, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Trentepohlia Bigot, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Trichoneura Loew, 01SpeciesTaxom
Tropidoscinis Enderlein, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Veribubo Evenhuis, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Xanthocanace Hendel, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Xenoplatyura Malloch, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Xeramoeba Hesse, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Zaprionus Coquillett, 19701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Oman
177 Species and 2 Subspecies
Actocetor indicus Wiedemann, 1824
Adersia guichardi Oldroyd, 1957
Afroholopogon dasys Londt, 2005
Alhajarmyia umbraticola Stuckenberg ..., 1999
Allotrichoma biroi Cresson, 1929
Amygdalops thomasseti Lamb, 1914Shasta buckwheat
Anastoechus exalbidus Wiedemann, 1820
Anastoechus nivifrons Walker, 1871
Anastoechus trisignatus Portchinsky, 1881
Anopheles (Cellia) culicifacies Giles, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) dthali Patton, 1905
Anopheles (Cellia) paltrinierii Shidrawi & G..., 1988
Anthrax decisus Bezzi, 1924
Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832
Anthrax trifasciatus Meigen, 1804
Anthrax tureus Greathead, 1980
Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856
Aphaniosoma brunnipes Ebejer, 1996
Aphaniosoma deemingi Ebejer, 1996
Aphaniosoma dhofaricum Ebejer, 1996
Aphaniosoma gallagheri Ebejer, 1996
Aphaniosoma sodalis Collin, 1949
Aphaniosoma yittii Ebejer, 1996
Aplomya metallica Wiedemann, 1824
Apocephalus asyndetus Brown, 2000
Atissa pygmaea Haliday, 1833
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caryeae Kapoor, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis Hendel, 1912Oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) zonata (Saunders, 1841)⇒ Bactrocera correcta Bezzi, 1916
Bezzia mellori Boorman & Ha..., 2002
Bezzia omanensis Boorman & Ha..., 2002
Bombylius (Bombylius) pumilus Meigen, 1820
Bombylius (Bombylius) trichurus Pallas, 1818
Bombylius pallidipilus Greathead, 1967
Bombylius phaeopterus Bezzi, 1924
Calamoncosis (Calamoncosis) oscinella Becker, 1910
Capparimyia savastani Martelli, 1911Caper fly
Chlorichaeta tuberculosa Becker, 1922Shore fly
Chrysomya marginalis Wiedemann, 1830
Cladotanytarsus omanensis Cranston, 1989
Clastobasis muscatensis Chandler, 2000
Conops tomentosus Krober, 1916
Cophura brevicornis melanochaeta
Coquillettidia chrysosoma Edwards, 1915
Cosmina ebejeri Deeming, 1996
Crossopalpus medetera Melander, 1902
Culex (Culex) laticinctus Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sinaiticus Kirkpatrick, 1925
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culicoides arabiensis Boorman, 1989
Culicoides buettikeri Boorman, 1989
Culicoides ibriensis Boorman, 1989
Culicoides neoschultzei Boorman & Me..., 1989
Culicoides odai Boorman, 1989
Cytherea albolineata Bezzi, 1925
Cytherea alexandrina Becker, 1902
Cytherea delicata Becker, 1906
Cytherea fenestrata Loew, 1873
Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862Cucurbit fly
Dacus (Leptoxyda) longistylus (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Dacus persicus Hendel, 1927
Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus Hendel, 1927Pennsylvania buttercup
Dacus (Leptoxyda) semisphaereus Becker, 1903
Dasyhelea kruppi Boorman & Ha..., 2002
Dasyrhicnoessa fulva Hendel, 1913
Delia bracata Rondani, 1866
Delia platura Meigen, 1826Bean seed fly
Desmatoneura brevipennis Bezzi, 1924
Desmatoneura frontalis Wiedemann, 1828
Desmatoneura sica Greathead, 1969
Desmometopa interfrontalis Sabrosky, 1965
Doliopteryx omanae Evenhuis, 2000
Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Drosophila macquarti Wheeler, 1981
Empidideicus anahoraticus Evenhuis, 2009
Eremisca heleni Efflatoun, 1934
Eremisca heleni heleni Efflatoun, 1934
Eremomidas arabicus Bequaert, 1961
Eristalinus (Lathyrophthalmus) tabanoides Jaennicke, 1867
Exhyalanthrax beckerianus Bezzi, 1924
Exoprosopa biguttata Macquart, 1834
Exoprosopa linearis Bezzi, 1924
Exoprosopa pharaonis Paramonov, 1928
Goniurellia ebejeri Merz, 2002
Goniurellia octoradiata Merz, 2002
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) saudiarabiensis Hancock, 1997
Hecamede albicans Meigen, 1830
Heteralonia (Zygodipla) aeaca Meigen, 1804
Heteralonia bagdadensis Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia fallaciosa Loew, 1873
Heteralonia lugubris Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia mucorea Klug, 1832
Heteralonia singularis Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia submucorea Greathead, 1980
Hexatoma (Eriocera) omanensis Hancock, 1997
Horaismoptera vulpina Hendel, 1907
Idiocera (Idiocera) buettikeri Hancock, 1997
Idiocera (Idiocera) hancocki Kramer, 2012
Idiocera (Idiocera) lanciformis Hancock, 1997
Idiocera (Idiocera) omanensis Hancock, 1997
Katacamilla gallagheri Barraclough, 1998
Kleinschmidtimyia arabica Deeming, 2006
Leptopsilopa pollinosa Kertesz, 1901
Leucopis (Leucopis) formosana Hennig, 1938
Leylaiya mimnermia Efflatoun, 1945
Ligyra monacha Klug, 1832
Liriomyza congesta Becker, 1903Pea leaf miner
Lispocephala buettikeri Pont, 1991
Litorhina metapleuralis Bezzi, 1924
Lutzomyia anthophora Addis C. J., 1945
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia dilatimana Disney, 2006
Megaselia ebejeri Disney, 2006
Megaselia gallagheri Disney, 2006
Megaselia nudihalterata Disney, 2006
Meoneura nitidiuscula Collin, 1949
Microtreta deemingi Freidberg, 2002
Milichia pubescens Becker, 1907
Milichiella argentiventris Hendel, 1931
Minettia (Minettia) desmometopa De Meijere, 1907
Nocticanace affinis Munari, 2008
Nostima flavitarsis Canzoneri & ..., 1969
Omyxa scuta Mathis & Zat..., 2002
Ophiomyia centrosematis De Meijere, 1940
Ophiomyia dhofarensis Deeming, 2006
Pachylophus gallagheri Deeming, 2011
Palpomyia ebejeri Boorman & Ha..., 2002
Palpomyia nakali Boorman & Ha..., 2002
Parachistus pulchellus Greathead, 1980
Paralimna hirticornis Meijere, 1913
Peribaea orbata Wiedemann, 1830
Petrorossia tropicalis Bezzi, 1921
Philoliche (Ommatiosteres) beckeri Bezzi, 1901
Philoliche (Ommatiosteres) flava Chainey, 1983
Philoliche (Ommatiosteres) omanensis Chainey, 1983
Physiphora alceae Preyssler, 1791Picture-Winged Fly
Poecilognathus unicolor Bezzi, 1925
Polypedilum bifurcatum Cranston, 1989
Prothaplocnemis anthracina Becker, 1902
Psilopa nilotica Becker, 1903
Rhyncomya bullata Deeming, 1996
Rhyncomya desertica Peris, 1951
Rivellia severinia
Sarcophaga forma Blackith & Pape, 1999
Saropogon pulverulentus Wulp, 1899
Scaptomyza (Parascaptomyza) pallida Zetterstedt, 1847Pomace Fly
Sciapus adumbratus Becker, 1902
Sepedon aenescens Wiedemann, 1830Marsh fly
Sepsis lateralis Wiedemann, 1830Black scavenger fly
Sergentomyia sonyae Lewis, 1982
Silba adipata Mcalpine, 1956Black fig fly
Simulium (Wilhelmia) buettikeri Crosskey & R..., 1994
Sparnopolius megacephalus Portschinsky, 1887
Spogostylum niphas Hermann, 1907
Spogostylum ocyale Wiedemann, 1828
Spogostylum sordidum Sack, 1909
Spogostylum ventrale Bezzi, 1924
Styringomyia ebejeri Hancock, 1997
Suffomyia dancei Munari, 2008
Systoechus aurifacies Greathead, 1958
Systoechus croceipilus Greathead, 1980
Tabanus leucostomus Loew, 1858
Tachydromia stilpon Meunier, 1899
Tethina dunae Munari, 2007
Tethina longilabella Munari, 2007
Tethina omanensis Munari, 2007
Tethina soikai Munari, 1981
Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902
Thyridanthrax decipulus Austen, 1937
Tomosvaryella mesostena Hardy, 1961
Toxophora aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1945
Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) septemtrionalis Alexander, 1921
Trichoneura mollis
Veribubo angusteoculata Becker, 1902
Villa paniscoides Bezzi, 1912
Xanthocanace kaplanorum Mathis & Fre..., 1982
Xenoplatyura dhofarensis Chandler, 2000
Xeramoeba oophaga Zakhvatkin, 1931
Zaprionus (Zaprionus) indianus Gupta, 1970African Fig Fly

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in Oman
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
38
113
143
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
9
20
34
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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