Current Scenario of Stiletto Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) in India

Bulganin Mitra; Sankarsan Roy; Subhrajit Bhaumik; Souradip Roy; Sumana Halder; Anirban Chakraborty

Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences,2016,5,3,300-304.

Published:December 2016

Type:Research Article

Authors:

Author(s) affiliations:

Bulganin Mitra¹, Sankarsan Roy^1,*, Subhrajit Bhaumik², Souradip Roy², Sumana Halder¹ and Anirban Chakraborty³

¹Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, INDIA.

²Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, Kolkata, INDIA .

³Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Barasat Government College, Kolkata, INDIA.

Abstract:

A total of 18 species of three genera under two subfamilies of the family Therevidae belonging to the order Diptera are reported from India which is only 1.57 % of total global therevid fauna. Among these, nine species have restricted their distribution within the country. But there is no sufficient information about the specific distributional localities of 38.88%of Indian therevids. Considering the biogeographic zones of India, the highest number of stiletto flies were found in the Himalayan regions (38.88%) and the least number from Arid, Semi-Arid & Hot desert region (5.55%). This is the first consolidated account on the current status of Indian therevid fauna.

Keywords:Bio-geographical Patterns, Biodiversity, India, Therevidae