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Checklist for Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Flies)
and region United Arab Emirates (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
197
1020
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
197
1020
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
191
1003
1824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
137
867
1641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
32
89
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for United Arab Emirates
32 Families width 155 Species and 1 Subspecies
#CTBARDMSLPEOHV
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito12SpeciesTaxom
Tachinidae Robineau-Des..., 1830Bristle Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies38SpeciesTaxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies5SpeciesTaxom
Chyromyidae Hendel, 1916Chiromyid flies5SpeciesTaxom
Asteiidae Rondani, 1856Asteiid Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834Fruit flies9SpeciesTaxom
Rhinophoridae Robineau-Des..., 1863Woodlouse flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids7SpeciesTaxom
Drosophilidae Rondani, 1856Fruit flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mythicomyiidae Melander, 1902Micro Bee Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889Blow flies1SpeciesTaxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802Drone flies3SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge2SpeciesTaxom
Tethinidae Hendel, 1916Tethinid flies7SpeciesTaxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903Mydas flies4SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies9SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae Speiser, 1909Craneflies3SpeciesTaxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862Picture-winged flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies7SpeciesTaxom
Chamaemyiidae Hendel, 1910Aphid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Phoridae Curtis, 1833Coffin Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802Soldier flies1SpeciesTaxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802Face flies2SpeciesTaxom
Canaceidae Jones, 1906Beach flies4SpeciesTaxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837Brine flies3SpeciesTaxom
Otitidae Macquart, 1835Picture-winged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Conopidae Latreille, 1802Thick-headed Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835Window Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies2SpeciesTaxom
Heleomyzidae Westwood, 1840Heleomyzid flies4SpeciesTaxom
Vermileonidae Williston, 1886Wormlion1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for United Arab Emirates
89 Genera with 155 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTVX
Aedes Meigen, 1771Ochlerotatus1SpeciesTaxom
Amnonia Kugler, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Anastoechus Osten-sacken, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Anopheles Meigen, 1901Malaria Mosquitoes2SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1999Charcoal Bee Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Antonia Pohl, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Aphaniosoma Becker, 20084SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Asteia Meigen, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Baniassa Kugler, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1804Greater Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Cacoxenus Loew, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Caecanthrax Greathead, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Carpomya Costa, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Cephalodromia Becker, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Chetogena Brauer & von..., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomya Robineau-Des..., 1830Hairy Maggot Blow Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotoxum Meigen, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Cladotanytarsus Kieffer, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Culex Linnaeus, 1901Typical Mosquito8SpeciesTaxom
Culicoides Latreille, 1989Midge2SpeciesTaxom
Culiseta Felt, 1838Cool Mosquito1SpeciesTaxom
Cytherea Fabricius, 18734SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Desmatoneura Williston, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Dicrotendipes Kieffer, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Empidideicus Becker, 20098SpeciesTaxom
Epitriptus Loew, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Eremomidas Semenov, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Euarestella Hendel, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Geranomyia Haliday, 20113SpeciesTaxom
Glabellula Bezzi, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Gonarthrus Bezzi, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Helophilus Meigen, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 18405SpeciesTaxom
Hexatoma Latreille, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Idiocera Dale, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Laglaizia Bigot, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Leylaiya Efflatoun, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Limnophyes Eaton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Limomormia Limomormia, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Lipoleucopis De Meijere, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Lutzomyia Franca, 1945Sand Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Megaselia Rondani, 20069SpeciesTaxom
Microchrysa Loew, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Musca Linnaeus, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Neoceratitis Hendel, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Nocticanace Malloch, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Oedenopiforma Cogan, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Orimarga Osten Sacken, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthrax Francois, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Paratanytarsus Thienemann &..., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Perissocerus Gerstaecker, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Phlebotomus Loew, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Physiphora Fallen, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Physocephala Schiner, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Polypedilum Kieffer, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Psychodocha Ježek, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Puliciphora Dahl, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalia Macquart, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Scatella Robineau-Des..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Scenopinus Latreille, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Schema Becker, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Sergentomyia França & Par..., 19482SpeciesTaxom
Somatiosoma Frey, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Sparnopolius Loew, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Spogostylum Macquart, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Stomoxys Geoffroy, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Styringomyia Loew, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Symplecta Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Tethina Haliday, 20104SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhina Loew, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Trichis Klug, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Trixoscelis Robineau-Des..., 20094SpeciesTaxom
Veribubo Evenhuis, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Vermipardus Stuckenberg, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Xanthocanace Hendel, 19823SpeciesTaxom


Species list for United Arab Emirates
155 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771)⇒ Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas, 1771
Amnonia deemingi Zeegers, 2010
Anastoechus nividulus Evenhuis & G..., 1999
Anastoechus nivifrons Walker, 1871
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Anopheles (Cellia) culicifacies Giles, 1901
Anopheles (Cellia) stephensi Liston, 1901Asian malaria mosquito
Anthrax cana (Greathead, 1989)⇒ Villa cana Meigen, 1804
Anthrax eremicus Evenhuis & G..., 1999
Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856
Aphaniosoma eremicolum Ebejer, 2008
Aphaniosoma impeditum Ebejer, 2008
Aphaniosoma incudisternum Ebejer, 2008
Aphaniosoma perpallidum Ebejer, 2008
Asteia arabica Deeming, 2010
Asteia vanharteni Deeming, 2010
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis Hendel, 1912Oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) zonata (Saunders, 1841)⇒ Bactrocera correcta Bezzi, 1916
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899Melon fly
Baniassa fenestrata Zeegers, 2008
Bombylius (Bombylius) niveus (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Anastoechus nividulus Evenhuis & G..., 1999
Bryophaenocladius clavatus Andersen & M..., 2010
Bryophaenocladius rostratus Andersen & M..., 2010
Cacoxenus (Gitonides) vanharteni Sidorenko, 2010
Caecanthrax arabica Macquart, 1840
Carpomya incompleta Becker, 1903Jujube fruit fly
Cephalodromia ktantescula Evenhuis, 2009
Chetogena acuminata Rondani, 1859
Chrysomya marginalis Wiedemann, 1830
Chrysotoxum fasciatus Kohli, Kapoo..., 1988
Cladotanytarsus sagittifer Gilka, 2009
Culex (Barraudius) pusillus Macquart, 1850Ivy gourd
Culex (Culex) laticinctus Edwards, 1913Elegant asterella
Culex (Culex) perexiguus Theobald, 1903Oxalis
Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823Brown house mosquito
Culex (Culex) sinaiticus Kirkpatrick, 1925
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828Salt-water culex
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
Culicoides kingi Austen, 1912
Culicoides wardi Boorman, 1989
Culiseta (Allotheobaldia) longiareolata Macquart, 1838
Cytherea albolineata Bezzi, 1925
Cytherea alexandrina Becker, 1902
Cytherea delicata Becker, 1906
Cytherea fenestrata Loew, 1873
Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862Cucurbit fly
Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus Hendel, 1927Pennsylvania buttercup
Dacus (Leptoxyda) semisphaereus Becker, 1903
Dasyrhicnoessa adelpha Munari, 1986
Dasyrhicnoessa fulva Hendel, 1913
Dasyrhicnoessa insularis Aldrich, 1931Tethinid fly
Desmatoneura brevipennis Bezzi, 1924
Dicrotendipes gilkai Andersen & M..., 2010
Empidideicus anahoraticus Evenhuis, 2009
Empidideicus chalepoblepsis Evenhuis, 2009
Empidideicus cnecotoichus Evenhuis, 2009
Empidideicus parvus Evenhuis, 2009
Empidideicus pissinulus Evenhuis, 2009
Empidideicus pollostus Evenhuis, 2009
Empidideicus psephenyps Evenhuis, 2009
Empidideicus vanharteni Evenhuis, 2009
Epitriptus inconstans Wiedemann, 1820
Eremomidas arabicus Bequaert, 1961
Euarestella nigra Merz, 2008
Exhyalanthrax beckerianus Bezzi, 1924
Geranomyia annandalei Edwards, 1913
Geranomyia circipunctata Brunetti, 1912
Geranomyia cornuta Hancock, 2011
Glabellula thespia Evenhuis, 2009
Gonarthrus nivalis Hesse, 1938
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) saudiarabiensis Hancock, 1997
Helophilus (Helophilus) fasciatus Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Helophilus (Helophilus) hybridus Loew, 1846
Heteralonia bagdadensis Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia fallaciosa Loew, 1873
Heteralonia lugubris Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia mucorea Klug, 1832
Heteralonia olivierii Macquart, 1840
Hexatoma (Eriocera) omanensis Hancock, 1997
Idiocera (Idiocera) buettikeri Hancock, 1997
Idiocera (Idiocera) hofufensis Hancock, 1997
Idiocera (Idiocera) lanciformis Hancock, 1997
Laglaizia stylops Enderlein, 1924
Lamyra vorax Loew, 1858
Leylaiya apostibes Evenhuis, 2009
Limnophyes laccobius Kieffer, 1916
Limomormia wadi Jezek & Harten, 2009
Lipoleucopis pulchra Raspi, 2008
Lutzomyia anthophora Addis C. J., 1945
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaselia dilatimana Disney, 2006
Megaselia ebejeri Disney, 2006
Megaselia floccicauda Disney, 2006
Megaselia gallagheri Disney, 2006
Megaselia multivesiculae Disney, 2006
Megaselia necmera Disney, 2006
Megaselia nudihalterata Disney, 2006
Megaselia papei Disney, 2006
Megaselia quintincisa Disney, 2006
Microchrysa arabica Hauser, 2008
Musca (Musca) domestica (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Fannia canicularis Linnaeus, 1761
Musca domestica domestica Linnaeus, 1758
Neoceratitis efflatouni Hendel, 1931
Nocticanace affinis Munari, 2008
Oedenopiforma vockerothi Mathis & Zat..., 2012
Orimarga (Orimarga) arabica Hancock, 2011
Pachyanthrax circe Klug, 1832
Pachyanthrax nomadorum Greathead, 1970
Paratanytarsus praecellens Gilka, 2009
Perissocerus arabicus Bequaert, 1961
Petrorossia albula Zaitzev, 1962
Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) alexandri Sinton, 1928
Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) bergeroti Parrot, 1934
Physiphora aenea Fabricius, 1794Picture-winged fly
Physiphora leucotrichia Kameneva & K..., 2010
Physocephala furax (Becker, 1913)⇒ Physocephala variegata Meigen, 1824
Physocephala variegata Meigen, 1824
Polypedilum harteni Andersen & M..., 2010
Psychodocha khoralkhwairensis Jezek & Harten, 2009
Puliciphora imitata Disney, 2008
Rhopalia gyps Bowden, 1987
Rhopalia olivieri Macquart, 1838
Scatella (Scatella) septemfenestrata Lamb, 1912
Scenopinus megapodemus Ebejer, 2009
Scenopinus vesicularis Ebejer, 2009
Schema acrosticale Becker, 1903
Sergentomyia antennata Newstead, 1912
Sergentomyia calcarata Parrot, 1948
Somatiosoma eremicolum Ebejer, 2008
Sparnopolius megacephalus Portschinsky, 1887
Spogostylum candidum Sack, 1909
Spogostylum griseipennis Macquart, 1850
Stichopogon deserti Theodor, 1980
Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus, 1758Barn fly
Styringomyia ebejeri Hancock, 1997
Symplecta (Symplecta) hybrida Meigen, 1804
Tethina (Rhicnoessa) incisuralis Macquart, 1851
Tethina (Rhicnoessa) pallipes Loew, 1865Tethinid fly
Tethina pleuralis Munari, 2010
Tethina stukei Munari, 2010
Thyridanthrax decipulus Austen, 1937
Toxorhina (Toxorhina) pulvinaria Alexander, 1950
Trichis maculata Klug, 1832
Trichis pallida Klug, 1832
Trixoscelis deemingi Woznica, 2009
Trixoscelis migueli Woznica, 2009
Trixoscelis stukei Woznica, 2009
Trixoscelis vanharteni Woznica, 2009
Veribubo angusteoculata Becker, 1902
Veribubo anus Wiedemann, 1828
Vermipardus sathon Stuckenberg, 1995
Villa cana Meigen, 1804
Xanthocanace hamifer Munari, 2008
Xanthocanace kaplanorum Mathis & Fre..., 1982
Xanthocanace sabroskyi Mathis & Fre..., 1982

Subnodes of Diptera with occurrences in United Arab Emirates
SuborderBrachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
26
65
115
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
6
24
40
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
Diptera at irmng.org
Diptera at itis.gov
Diptera at marinespecies.org