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.
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species of mosquitoes, horseflies,
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. Well over 3,500 species of mosquitoes were found and described, and new species are about to discover. Sri Lanka is home to 131 species of mosquitoes that included to 16 genera with 17 endemic species.
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. Most of the cited references are from way back in 1900s, and very few are from 2010 revisions.
There are more than 1,341 dipterans found in the island, which earns fourth largest insect order found.
Astomella jardinei
Lasia spinosa
Ogcodes angustimarginatus
Ogcodes rufomarginatus
Pialea jardinei
Olbiogaster fulviventris
Olbiogaster orientalis
Olbiogaster zeylanicus
Sylvicola foveatus
Sylvicola maculipennis
Emmesomyia kempi
Astochia annulipes
Astochia ceylonicus
Astochia determinatus
Astochia grisea
Astochia tarsalis
Chrysopogon nodulibarbis
Chrysopogon nodulibarbis
Chrysopogon nodulibarbis
Clephydroneura annulatus
Clephydroneura apicalis
Clinopogon odontoferus
Cophinopoda chinensis
Damalis felderi
Damalis fulvipes
Damalis infuscata
Damalis kassebeeri
Dasophrys coetzeei
Emphysomera femorata
Emphysomera nigra
Euscelidia flava
Euscelidia prolata
Euscelidia simplex
Eutolmus ohirai
Heligmoneura pulcher
Heteropogon triticeus
Laphystia stigmaticallis
Machimus parvus
Michotamia aurata
Michotamia deceptus
Microstylum rufoabdominalis
Microstylum whitei
Neoitamus ceylonicus
Neoitamus pulcher
Neoitamus tarsalis
Neomochtherus gnavus
Nusa yerburyi
Pegesimallus srilankensis
Pegesimallus yerburyi
Philodicus ceylanicus
Philodicus chinensis
Philodicus hospes
Philodicus meridionalis
Philodicus thoracinus
Promachus ceylanicus
Promachus pseudomaculatus
Promachus yerburiensis
Saropogon maculipennis
Saropogon srilankaensis
Scleropogon piceus
Stenopogon piceus
Stenopogon variabilis
Atherix labiate
Suragina elegans
Suragina labiata
Suragina uruma
Bombylisoma resplendens
Dischistus resplendens
Euchariomyia dives
Geron argentifrons
Geron binatus
Litorhina lar
Micomitra vitripennis
Petrorossia brunettii
Petrorossia ceylonica
Petrorossia intermedia
Petrorossia talawila
Systoechus eupogonatus
Systoechus socius
Systoechus srilankae
Thyridanthrax absalon
Thyridanthrax keiseri
Plecia mallochi
Plecia rufilatera
Caiusa indica
Caiusa testacea
Androdiplosis coccidivora - monotyoic endemic
Arthrocnodax rutherfordi
Arthrocnodax walkeriana
Bryocrypta girafa
Calopedila polyalthiae
Cecidomyiidi generosi
Cecidomyiidi hirta
Chrysodiplosis squamatipes
Clinodiplosis ceylonica
Coccomyza donaldi
Dentifibula obtusilobae
Diadiplosis coccidivora
Didactylomyia ceylanica
Diplecus inconspicuus - monotypic endemic
Endaphis hirta
Feltiella acarisuga
Hallomyia iris
Lasioptera aeschynanthusperottetti
Lestodiplosis ceylanica
Lestremia ceylanica
Misocosmus ceylanicus - monotypic endemic
Mycodiplosis simulacri
Mycodiplosis simulaeri
Orseolia ceylanica
Orseolia ceylonica
Plutodiplosis maginifica
Plutodiplosis magnifica
Pseudoperomyia parvolobata
Trichoperrisia pipericola - monotypic endemic
Vanchidiplosis ceylanica
Xylodiplosis aestivalis
Alluaudomyia marginalis
Alluaudomyia spinosipes
Alluaudomyia xanthocoma
Alluaudomyia bifurcata
Alluaudomyia formosana
Alluaudomyia fuscipes
Alluaudomyia maculosipennis
Atrichopogon schizonyx
Parabezzia orientalis
Siphunculina funicola
Siphunculina intonsa
Axinota simulans
Curtonotum ceylonense
Amblypsilopus bruneli
Argyrochlamys impudicus
Campsicnemus crossotibia
Diaphorus detectus
Diaphorus maurus
Diaphorus nigerrimus
Diaphorus rostratus
Diaphorus simulans
Diaphorus vagans
Hydrophorus geminus
Megistostylus longicornis
Mesorhaga breviapendiculata
Mesorhaga breviappendiculata
Mesorhaga mellavana
Mesorhaga nigrobarbata
Mesorhaga nigroviridis
Mesorhaga obscura
Mesorhaga pseudolata
Mesorhaga terminalis
Mesorhaga torquata
Neurigona denudata
Neurigona exemta
Paraclius adligatus
Paraclius albimanus
Paraclius callosus
Paraclius luculentus
Paraclius maritimus
Paraclius paraguayensis
Paraclius trisetosus
Paraclius viridus
Pelastoneurus aequalis
Pelastoneurus crassinervis
Pelastoneurus potomacus
Sciapus aequalis
Sciapus rectus
Sciapus viridicollis
Syntormon edwardsi
Urodolichus keiseri
Amiota magna
Amiota subradiata
Cacoxenus asiatica
Colocasiomyia minor
Colocasiomyia nigripennis
Colocasiomyia zeylanica
Chymomyza rufithorax
Chymomyza pararufithorax
Chymomyza flagellata
Chymomyza formosana
Chymomyza brevis
Chymomyza cinctifrons
Chymomyza cirricauda
Chymomyza constricta
Chymomyza cyanea
Crincosia gugorum
Dettopsomyia formosa
Dettopsomyia jacobsoni
Dettopsomyia preciosa
Dettopsomyia zeylanica
Diathoneura preciosa
Dichaetophora cirricauda
Dichaetophora constricta
Dichaetophora cyanea
Dichaetophora fascifrons
Dichaetophora nigrifrons
Dichaetophora paraserrata
Dichaetophora quadrifrons
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila chandleri
Hirtodrosophila chandleri
Hirtodrosophila seminigra
Hirtodrosophila trivittata
Hypselothyrea varanasiensis
Laccodrosophila atra
Leucophenga abbreviata
Leucophenga acutipollinosa
Leucophenga albofasciata
Leucophenga angusta
Leucophenga argentata
Leucophenga atrinervis
Leucophenga bellula
Leucophenga digmasoma
Leucophenga flavicosta
Leucophenga interrupta
Leucophenga jacobsoni
Leucophenga limbipennis
Leucophenga lynettae
Leucophenga maculata
Leucophenga meijerei
Leucophenga nigripalpis
Leucophenga nigroscutellata
Leucophenga pectinata
Leucophenga quadripunctata
Leucophenga setipalpis
Leucophenga subpollinosa
Leucophenga umbratula
Liodrosophila actinia
Liodrosophila ceylonica
Liodrosophila crescens
Liodrosophila globosa
Liodrosophila ornata
Liodrosophila varians
Lissocephala metallescens
Lordiphosa nigrostyla
Lordiphosa spinopenicula
Microdrosophila bullata
Microdrosophila conica
Microdrosophila elongata
Microdrosophila filamentea
Microdrosophila furcata
Microdrosophila macroctenia
Microdrosophila matsudairai
Microdrosophila nigrispina
Microdrosophila pleurolineata
Microdrosophila sarawakana
Microdrosophila tectifrons
Mulgravea asiatica
Mulgravea vittata
Mycodrosophila alienata
Mycodrosophila amabilis
Mycodrosophila aqua
Mycodrosophila ciliophora
Mycodrosophila gordoni
Mycodrosophila gratiosa
Mycodrosophila parallelinervis
Paramycodrosophila pictula
Pararhinoleucophenga maura
Phortica foliiseta
Phortica xyleboriphaga
Phorticella bistriata
Scaptodrosophila anderssoni
Scaptodrosophila brincki
Scaptodrosophila cederholmi
Scaptodrosophila coniura
Scaptodrosophila excavata
Scaptodrosophila nigrescens
Scaptodrosophila subminima
Scaptomyza bipars
Scaptomyza brachycerca
Scaptomyza clavifera
Scaptomyza devexa
Scaptomyza elmoi
Scaptomyza salvadorae
Sphaerogastrella javana
Stegana castanea
Stegana lateralis
Stegana nigrifrons
Stegana subconvergens
Tambourella sphaerogaster
Zaprionus sepsoides
Zapriothrica hirta
Zapriothrica nudiseta
Zygothrica flavociliata
Zygothrica fuscina
Zygothrica vittinubila
Hilarempis neptunus
Wiedemannia submarina
Ceropsilopa cupreiventris
Chlorichaeta orba
Chlorichaeta tuberculosa
Discocerina obscurella
Dryxo lispoidea
Hecamede granifera
Hydrellia griseola
Hydrellia latipalpis
Notiphila dorsopunctata
Notiphila indistincta
Notiphila puberula
Notiphila punctum
Rhynchopsilopa ceylonensis
Paralimna hirticornis
Paralimna javana
Psilopa flavimanus
Rhynchopsilopa ceylonensis
Ascodipteron emballonurae
Brachytarsina cucullata
Brachytarsina modesta
Brachytarsina pygialis
Brachytarsina speiseri
Hippobosca longipennis
Hippobosca variegata
Lipoptena axis
Lipoptena efovea
Lynchia corvina
Lynchia longipalpis
Myophthiria reduvioides
Myophthiria zeylanica
Ornithoctona plicata
Ornithoica curvata
Raymondia pagodarum
Acarterus varipes
Drapetis basalis
Drapetis distincta
Drapetis fulvithorax
Drapetis metatarsata
Drapetis nigropunctata
Drapetis notatithorax
Drapetis plumicornis
Elaphropeza pollicata
Hybos apicis
Hybos bistosus
Hybos geniculatus
Parahybos luteicornis
Syneches fuscipennis
Syneches helvolus
Syneches immaculatus
Syneches jardinei
Syneches maculithorax
Syneches peradeniyae
Syneches signatus
Syneches singatus
Syneches varipes
Burmacrocera minuta - monotypic genus
Heteropterna fenestralis
Isoneuromyia annandalei
Keroplatus notaticoxa
Laurypta tripunctata
Macrocera fryeri
Orfelia bibula
Orfelia negotiosa
Orfelia saeva
Orfelia ventosa
Platyceridion edax - endemic genus
Platyceridion talaroceroides
Platyura fumipes
Platyura juxta
Platyura lunifrons
Platyura minuta
Platyura tripunctata
Proceroplatus poecilopterus
Proceroplatus pulchripennis
Rutylapa juxta
Srilankana mirabilis - monotypic endemic
Truplaya fumipes
Xenoplatyura lunifrons
Antocha salikensis
Baeoura pollicis
Baeoura taprobanes
Baeoura triquetra
Conosia irrorata
Conosia irrorata irrorata
Conosia minuscula
Ellipteroides pictilis
Ellipteroides rohuna
Ellipteroides thiasodes
Epiphragma kempi
Eupilaria singhalica
Eupilaria taprobanica
Eupilaria thysanotos
Gymnastes kandyanus
Gymnastes maya
Gymnastes simhalae
Gymnastes violaceus
Gymnastes violaceus violaceus
Idiocera conchiformis
Idiocera persimilis
Orimarga asignata
Orimarga taprobanica
Paradelphomyia indulcata
Paradelphomyia subterminalis
Polymera zeylanica
Prionota serraticornis
Pseudolimnophila zelanica
Rhabdomastix schmidiana
Rhipidia subtesselata
Styringomyia ceylonica
Styringomyia flava
Styringomyia fryeri
Styringomyia marmorata
Tasiocerellus kandyensis - endemic genus
Thrypticomyia apicalis
Thrypticomyia apicalis apicalis
Toxorhina yamma
Lygistorrhina asiatica
Atherigona atripalpis
Atherigona bella
Atherigona confusa
Atherigona exigua
Atherigona gamma
Atherigona laeta
Atherigona lamda
Atherigona maculigera
Atherigona naquvii
Atherigona naqvii
Atherigona oryzae
Atherigona pulla
Atherigona punctata
Atherigona reversura
Atherigona simplex
Caricea tinctipennis
Cephalispa lata
Dichaetomyia acrostichalis
Dichaetomyia apicalis
Dichaetomyia curvimedia
Dichaetomyia handschini
Dichaetomyia holoxantha
Dichaetomyia keiseri
Dichaetomyia manca
Dichaetomyia melanotela
Dichaetomyia pallens
Dichaetomyia pallidorsis
Dichaetomyia seniorwhitei
Dichaetomyia splendida
Dichaetomyia tamil
Graphomya adumbrata
Graphomya atripes
Graphomya rufitibia
Gymnodia ascendens
Gymnodia distincta
Haematobia minuta
Haematobosca sanguinolenta
Hebecnema halterata
Heliographa ceylanica
Hydrotaea australis
Hydrotaea jacobsoni
Lispe binotata
Lispe flavicornis
Lispe incerta
Lispe kowarzi
Lispe sericipalpis
Lispocephala lata
Lispocephala tinctipennis
Mitroplatia albisquama
Morellia albisquama
Morellia biseta
Morellia pectinipes
Morellia quadriremis
Morellia sordidisquama
Musca domestica
Mydaea diaphana
Mydaea fuscisquama
Mydaea morosa
Mydaea nervosa
Mydaea pallens
Mydaea splendida
Mydaea tuberculifacies
Myospila argentata
Myospila femorata
Myospila laveis
Myospila morosa
Myospila ruficollis
Acnemia asiatica
Allodia varicornis
Aneura pinguis
Anomalomyia affinis - endemic genus
Anomalomyia basalis
Anomalomyia flavicauda
Anomalomyia guttata
Anomalomyia immaculata
Anomalomyia intermedia
Anomalomyia minor
Anomalomyia nasuta
Anomalomyia obscura
Anomalomyia picta
Anomalomyia subobscura
Anomalomyia thompsoni
Anomalomyia viatoris
Anthracophaga sulcifrons
Azana asiatica
Boraceomyia cajuensis
Boraceomyia paulistensis
Brevicornu callidum
Clastobasis fugitiva
Clastobasis lepida
Docosia caniripes
Dziedzickia basalis
Epicypta bilunulata
Epicypta ferruginea
Epicypta flavohirta
Epicypta nigroflava
Epicypta pectenipes
Epicypta setosiventris
Exechia albicincta
Exechia ampullata
Exechia argenteofasciata
Exechia boracensis
Exechia cristata
Exechia cristatoides
Exechia paramirastoma
Exechia zeylanica
Exechiopsis bifida
Greenomyia fugitiva
Greenomyia lepida
Clastobasis fugitiva
Clastobasis lepida
Leia annulicornis
Leia arcuata
Manota orientalis
Manota sespinaea
Neoempheria bifascipennis
Neoempheria unifascipennis
Zygomyia valepedro
Atriadops javana
Ceyloniola magnifica - monotypic endemic genus
Hirmoneura brunnea
Hirmoneura coffeata
Basilia amiculata
Basilia eileenae
Basilia pumila
Basilia punctata
Cyclopodia sykesii
Eucampsipoda latisternum
Leptocyclopodia ferrarii
Penicillidia indica
Phthiridium ceylonicum
Phthiridium phillipsi
Haruka elegans
Ceylonoxenia bugnioni
Ceylonoxenia butteli
Clitelloxenia clitellaria
Clitelloxenia paradeniyae
Puliciphora trisclerita
Rhynchomicropteron puliciforme
Spiniphora conspicua
Cephalops magnimembrus
Tomosvaryella aeneiventris
Tomosvaryella singalensis
Lindneromyia brunettii
Lindneromyia cirrhocera
Lindneromyia curta
Lindneromyia kandyi
Microsania lanka
Platypeza brunettii
Platypeza nepalensis
Polyporivora nepalensis
Brunettia albohumeralis
Brunettia albonotata
Brunettia atrisquamis
Brunettia uzeli
Clogmia albipunctata
Phlebotomus argentipes
Phlebotomus annandalei
Phlebotomus glaucus
Phlebotomus stantoni
Sergentomyia arboris
Sergentomyia insularis
Telmatoscopus flavicollis
Telmatoscopus proximus
Odontosciara exacta
Cordilura lineata
Cordilura pudica
Cordilura punctipes
Parallelomma banski
Colobostema metarhamphe
Colobostema occabipes
Psectrosciara brunnescens
Rhegmoclema hirtipenne
Scatopse brunnescens
Scatopse pilosa
Scatopse zeylanica
Paralimosina ceylanica
Acrochaeta dimidiata
Adoxomyia heminopla
Allognosta annulifemur
Ankylacantha keiseri - endemic genus
Atherigona lamda - endemic genus
Aulana confirmata
Beris javana
Cibotogaster azurea
Clitellaria heminopla
Gabaza albiseta
Hermetia sp.
Microchrysa flaviventris
Microchrysa gemma
Microchrysa vertebrata
Massicyta inflata
Nigritomyia ceylonica
Nigritomyia maculipennis
Oplodontha minuta
Oplodontha punctifacies
Oplodontha rubrithorax
Oxycera whitei
Prosopochrysa vitripennis
Ptecticus australis
Ptecticus cingulatus
Ptecticus pseudohistrio
Ptecticus srilankai
Ptilocera fastuosa
Ptilocera fastuosa
Ptilocera smaragdifera
Ptilocera smaragdina
Sargus contractus
Sargus flaviventris
Sargus gselli
Sargus metallinus
Sargus splendidus
Stratiomys fenestrata
Stratiomys minuta
Strophognathus argentatus - monotypic endemic genus
Allobaccha amphithoe
Allobaccha fallax
Allobaccha oldroydi
Allobaccha pulchrifrons
Allobaccha triangulifera
Asarkina ayyari
Asarkina belli
Asarkina pitamara
Asarkina porcina
Betasyrphus fletcheri
Calcaretropidia triangulifera
Ceriana ornatifrons
Chrysogaster aerosa
Chrysogaster basalis
Chrysogaster hirtella
Chrysogaster incisa
Chrysogaster insignis
Chrysogaster longicornis
Chrysogaster tarsata
Chrysotoxum baphyrus
Citrogramma henryi
Dasysyrphus orsua
Episyrphus nubilipennis
Eristalinus arvorum
Eristalinus invirgulatus
Eristalinus lucilia
Eristalinus megacephalus
Eristalinus multifarius
Eristalinus paria
Eristalinus quadristriatus
Eumerus argentipes
Eumerus aurifrons
Eumerus coeruleifrons
Eumerus figurans
Eumerus nicobarensis
Eumerus singhalensis
Eumerus sita
Graptomyza brevirostris
Graptomyza coomani
Helophilus curvigaster
Mallota curvigaster
Mallota vilis
Melanostoma scalare
Meliscaeva ceylonica
Meliscaeva monticola
Paragus auritus
Paragus rufocincta
Paragus yerburiensis
Pipizella rufocincta
Sphaerophoria indiana
Sphaerophoria macrogaster
Syritta proximata
Syritta triangulifera
Tropidia bambusifolia
Tropidia curculigoides
Tropidia septemnervis
Xanthandrus ceylonicus
Xanthogramma eoa
Xylota atroparva
Atylotus agrestis
Cydistomyia brunnea
Cydistomyia ceylonicus
Cydistomyia minor
Cydistomyia philipi
Cydistomyia pilipennis
Cydistomyia tibialis
Dichelacera tetradelta
Gastroxides ater
Gastroxides ornatus
Hybomitra minshanensis
Philoliche taprobanes
Philoliche zernyi
Silviomyza picea - monotypic endemic genus
Silvius ceylonicus
Stenotabanus sphaeriscapus
Udenocera brunnea - monotypic endemic genus
Bactrocera cucurbitae
Bactrocera dorsalis
Bactrocera kandiensis
Bactrocera nigrofemoralis
Bactrocera versicolor
Bactrocera tau
Bactrocera invadens
Bactrocera caryeae
Bactrocera correcta
Bactrocera latifrons
Bactrocera verbascifoliae
Bactrocera zonata
Bactrocera diversa
Bactrocera trilineata
Bactrocera caudata
Bactrocera apicofuscans
Bactrocera brunneola
Bactrocera latifrons
Dacus discophorus
Dacus cliatus
Holorusia ochripes
Indotipula demarcata
Indotipula palnica
Indotipula singhalica
Prionota serraticornis
Pselliophora henryi
Pselliophora laeta
Pselliophora laeta laeta
Pselliophora laeta strigidorsum
Pselliophora taprobanes
Tipulodina brunettiella
Tipulodina ceylonica
Tipulodina gracillima
Solva inamoena
Rachicerus aterrimus
Rachicerus bicolor
Rachicerus rusticus
Rachicerus spissus
Xylophagus brunneus
