Current Scenario of Stiletto Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) in India
Bulganin Mitra1, Sankarsan Roy1★, Subhrajit Bhaumik2, Souradip Roy2, Sumana Halder1, Anirban Chakraborty3★ Corresponding author
- 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.
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Sankarsan Roy
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, INDIA.
Received: 11-07-2016; Revised: 15-08-2016; Accepted: 10-09-2016.
Volume 5, Issue 3 · pp. 300–304 · PUBLISHED · DOI:
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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.
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Mitra, B., Roy, S., Bhaumik, S., Roy, S., Halder, S., & Chakraborty, A. (). Current Scenario of Stiletto Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) in India. Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences, 5(3), 300–304.