Siphunculina

Siphunculina is a genus of small flies known as tropical eye flies. They are known for their habit of visiting the eyes of humans and other vertebrates to feed on fluids and in doing so cause annoyance, spread bacterial or viral diseases or cause injury to the eye.[1][2] They have a habit of resting in large numbers on suspended strings, ropes and cobwebs.[3]

Siphunculina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Brachycera
Infraorder:
Muscomorpha
Section:
Schizophora
Subsection:
Acalyptratae
Superfamily:
Carnoidea
Family:
Chloropidae
Subfamily:
Oscinellinae
Genus:
Siphunculina
Species

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Several species are known from the Old World, including Asia, Europe and Africa.[4][5][6] [7][8][9]

Species

Some of the species include:

  • S. aenea Macquart, 1835
  • S. aureopilosa Séguy, 1938
  • S. aureosetosa Nartshuk, 1992
  • S. breviseta Malloch, 1924
  • S. corbetti Duda, 1936
  • S. fasciata Cherian, 1971
  • S. freyi Sabrosky, 1957
  • S. funicola Meijere, 1905
  • S. intonsa Lamb, 1918
  • S. lobeliaphila Sabrosky, 1951
  • S. loici Nartshuk, 2001
  • S. lurida Enderlein, 1911
  • S. manipurensis Cherian, 1977
  • S. matilei Nartshuk, 2001
  • S. mediana Becker, 1912
  • S. minima Meijere, 1908
  • S. montana Spencer, 1977
  • S. nidicola Nartshuk, 1971
  • S. nitidissima Kanmiya, 1982
  • S. ornatifrons Loew, 1858
  • S. peraspera Séguy, 1957
  • S. punctifrons Sabrosky, 1954
  • S. quinquangula Loew, 1873
  • S. sharmai Cherian, 1977
  • S. stackelbergi Duda, 1933
  • S. stigmatica Kanmiya, 1994
  • S. striolatus Wiedemann, 1830
  • S. ulceria Cherian, 1971
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References
  1. K. Kanmiya (1982) Two New Species and Three New Records of the Genus Siphunculina Rondani from Japan (Diptera, Chloropidae). Japan. J. Sanit. Zool. 33 (2):111–121
  2. Brownstein S, Bernardo AI, Suprapto, Salim I. (1976) Neurofibromatosis with the eye fly Siphunculina funicola in an eyelid tumor. Can J Ophthalmol. 11(3):261-6
  3. Chansang U, Mulla MS. (2008) Control of aggregated populations of the eye fly Siphunculina funicola (diptera: chloropidae) using pyrethroid aerosols. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 39(2):246-51
  4. Nartshuk, Emilia P. (2001) Two new species of Siphunculina Rondani from South Africa [Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Chloropidae]. evue française d'entomologie 23(2):147-151
  5. K. Kanmiya (1989) Study on the Eye-flies Siphunculina Rondani from Oriental Region and Far East (Diptera, Chloropidae). Japan. J. Sanit. Zool. 40 (Suppl.):65–89
  6. Mir S. Mulla and Uruyakorn Chansang (2007) Pestiferous nature, resting sites, aggregation, and host-seeking behavior of the eye fly Siphunculina funicola (Diptera: Chloropidae) in Thailand. J. Vector Ecology 32(2):292-301 PDF Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Siddiq, M.M. 1938. Siphunculina funicola (eye-fly). Ind. Med. Gaz. 73: 17-18
  8. Kanmiya, K. 1994. Studies on the eye-flies Siphunculina Rondani from Nepal (Diptera : Chloropidae). Jpn. J. Sanit. Zool. 45 (Suppl): 55-69
  9. Cherian, P.T. 1977. The genus Siphunculina (Diptera: Chloropidae). Orient. Insects 11: 636-368.


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