Diversity of Muscidae (Diptera) in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal

Authors

  • Shuvra Kanti Sinha Calyptrate Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Sreegopal Banerjee College, Hooghly 712148, West Bengal
  • Pravas Hazari Calyptrate Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Sreegopal Banerjee College, Hooghly 712148, West Bengal
  • Santanu Mahato Biopsychology Laboratory and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570006, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.38

Keywords:

Muscidae, Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, species diversity, bionomics, new record, Limnophora (Heliographa) ceylanica, Neomyia pacifica, altitudinal variation, distribution

Abstract

Understanding the local biodiversity and associated ecosystem services is important for organisms such as muscids (Diptera: Muscidae). This study aimed at the spatial diversity of muscid flies and their bionomics in the Neora Valley National Park, India. The survey was conducted over an altitude variation of 460–3200 masl having relatively high tree diversity. The study area preserves good ecological balance and provides every habitat that is ideal for the survival of muscid flies. The results revealed 31 species under 13 genera of three subfamilies. The highlight is the new records of two species, Limnophora (Heliographa) ceylanica (Emden, 1965) and Neomyia pacifica (Zimin, 1951) from India.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Downloads

Published

2021-09-30

How to Cite

Sinha, S. K. ., Hazari, P. ., & Mahato, S. . (2021). Diversity of Muscidae (Diptera) in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal. Indian Journal of Entomology, 84(2), 251–261. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.38

Issue

Section

Research Articles

References

Datta M, Chakraborti M. 1985. Insecta: Diptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 82(1-4): 231-252.

De Carvalho C J B, Couri M S, Pont A C, Pamplona D, Lopes S M. 2005. A catalogue of Muscidae of Neotropical region. Zootaxa 860: 1-282.

D’Almeida J M. 1992. Calyptrate diptera (Muscidae and Anthomyidae) of the state of Rio de Janeiro: I. Synanthropy. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 87(3): 381-386.

Emden F I Van. 1965. The Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Diptera, Muscidae, Government of India, New Delhi 7(1): 1-647,

Greenberg G. 1971. Flies and Diseases. I. Ecology, classification and biotic associations. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Grzywacz A, Hall M J, Pape T, Szpila K. 2017. Muscidae (Diptera) of forensic importance-an identification key to third instar larvae of the western Palaearctic region and a catalogue of the muscid carrion community. International journal of legal medicine 131(3): 855-866.

Ishijima H. 1967. Revision of the third stage larvae of synanthropic flies of Japan (Diptera: Anthomyiidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae). Medical Entomology and Zoology 18(2-3): 47-100.

Joseph A N T, Parui P. 1977. On a small collection of Diptera from Chota Nagpur, Bihar. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 72: 227-238.

Mitra B. 2000. Diptera: Muscidae. Fauna of Tripura, State Fauna Series, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata 7(3): 261-269.

Mitra B. 2003. Diptera: Muscidae. Fauna of Sikkim, State Fauna Series, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata 9(3): 401-411.

Mitra B. 2004. Diptera: Muscidae. Fauna of Manipur, State Fauna Series, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata 10(2): 503-508.

Mitra B. 2006a. Diptera: Muscidae. Fauna of Arunachal Pradesh, State Fauna Series, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata 13(2): 355-367.

Mitra B. 2006b. Diptera: Muscidae. Fauna of Nagaland, State Fauna Series, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata 12: 193-197.

Mitra B. 2010. Diversity of flower-visiting flies (Insecta: Diptera) in India and their role in pollination. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 110(2): 95-107.

Mitra B, Parui P, Banerjee D, Mukherjee M, Bhattacharjee K. 2005. A report on flies (Diptera: Insecta) as flower visitors and pollinators of Kolkata and its adjoining areas. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 10 (3-4): 1-20.

Mitra B, Roy S, Das P, Parui P. 2016. True flies (Diptera: Insecta) from Fish Markets of Kolkata Metropolitan Region Vol. 22(3).

Mitra B, Roy S, Biswas O, Chakraborti U. 2015. True flies (Insecta: Diptera): Diversity and endemism in Himachal Pradesh, India Vol.1(1).

Mitra B, Roy S, Shah S K, Mishra P. 2017. Inventorisation of true flies (Insecta: Diptera) and their association with tea plants in Dooars, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Entomology Research 2(5): 21-26.

Orford K A, Vaughan I P, Memmott J. 2015. The forgotten flies: the importance of non-syrphid Diptera as pollinators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282(1805): 20142934.

Shinonaga S, Kano R. 1971. Fauna Japonica. Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera). Academic Press of Japan 1: 1-233.

Shinonaga S, Singh M M. 1994. Muscidae of Nepal (Diptera) 1, Muscinae, Stomoxyninae and Phaoniinae. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology 45: 1-177.

Sinha S K, Nandi B C. 2004. On a small collection of muscid flies (Diptera: Muscidae) of Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 102 (1-2): 11-26.

Sinha S K. 2009. Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae and Muscidae (Diptera) of the Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper No. 308: 1-46.

Sinha S K. 2014. New records of Calyptrate flies (Diptera) from the State of Jharkhand, India Prommalia 2: 1-22.

Skidmore P. 1985. The biology of the Muscidae of the world. Dordrecht: Dr W. Junk Publishers. 550 pp.

Tiusanen M, Hebert P D, Schmidt N M, Roslin T. 2016. One fly to rule them all-muscid flies are the key pollinators in the Arctic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283(1839): 20161271.

Most read articles by the same author(s)