The number of species in the order Diptera (true flies) known to occur in Ireland is 3,304. There are 98 Dipteran families in Ireland. [1] [2] For genera and species within the various Families, see Fauna Europaea .
Suborder Brachycera (flies with reduced antenna segmentation)
For Superfamilies Xylophagoidea , Tabanoidea , Stratiomyoidea , Nemestrinoidea , Asiloidea for which the listing given is complete see List of Diptera of Ireland Superfamilies Xylophagoidea, Tabanoidea, Stratiomyoidea, Nemestrinoidea, Asiloidea
Atelestidae 1 species
Hybotidae (dance flies) 77 species including
Bicellaria vana Collin, 1926
Bicellaria nigra (Meigen 1824)
Hybos culiciformis (Fabricius, 1775)
Hybos femoratus (Muller, 1776)
Leptopeza flavipes (Meigen, 1820)
Ocydromia glabricula (Fallen, 1816)
Platypalpus candicans (Fallén, 1815)
Platypalpus luteus (Meigen, 1804)
Platypalpus notatus (Meigen, 1822)
Tachydromia arrogans (Linnaeus, 1758, 1761)
Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Empididae (dagger flies / balloon flies) 99 species including
Clinocera fontinalis (Haliday, 1833)
Dolichocephala irrorata (Fallén, 1816)
Dolichocephala guttata Haliday 1833
Empis albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis borealis Linnaeus, 1758
Empis chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis digramma Meigen in Gistl, 1835
Empis femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis livida Linnaeus, 1758
Empis lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis nigripes Fabricius, 1794
Empis nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis planetica Collin, 1927
Empis stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis trigramma Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
Empis verralli Collin, 1927
Heleodromia immaculata Haliday, 1833
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara galactoptera Strobl, 1910
Hilara interstincta (Fallén, 1816
Hilara litorea (Fallén, 1816)
Hilara maura (Fabricius, 1776)
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Phyllodromia melanocephala (Fabricius 1794)
Rhamphomyia albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia crassirostris (Fallén, 1816)
Rhamphomyia erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia flava (Fallen, 1816)
Rhamphomyia hirsutipes Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia lamellata Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794)
Rhamphomyia nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia simplex Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhamphomyia stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia sulcata (Meigen, 1804)
Rhamphomyia umbripennis Meigen, 1838
Trichopeza longicornis (Meigen, 1822)
Microphoridae 3 species
Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) 158 species including
Anepsiomyia flaviventris (Meigen, 1824)
Aphrosylus celtiber Haliday, 1855
Argyra argyria (Meigen, 1824)
Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)
Campsicnemus curvipes (Fallen, 1823)
Campsicnemus loripes (Haliday, 1832)
Campsicnemus scambus (Fallen, 1823)
Chrysotus neglectus (Wiedemann, 1817)
Diaphorus oculatus (Fallén, 1823)
Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus clavipes Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus diadema Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus discifer Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus griseipennis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus lepidus Staeger, 1842
Dolichopus longicornis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus nubilus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus pennatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus picipes Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)
Dolichopus sabinus Haliday, 1838
Dolichopus simplex Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus ungulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dolichopus urbanus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus vitripennis Meigen, 1824
Gymnopternus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)
Gymnopternus celer (Meigen, 1824)
Gymnopternus cupreus (Fallen, 1823)
Hercostomus nigripennis (Fallén, 1823)
Hydrophorus nebulosus Fallén, 1823
Hydrophorus oceanus (Macquart, 1838)
Hydrophorus praecox (Lehmann, 1822)
Lianculus virens (Scopoli, 1763)
Medetera petrophiloides Parent, 1925
Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849
Rhaphium consobrinum Zetterstedt, 1843
Rhaphium crassipes (Meigen 1824)
Scellus notatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
Sciapus wiedemanni (Fallen, 1823)
Sybistroma obscurellum (Fallén, 1823)
Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Syntormon pallipes (Fabricius, 1794)
Tachytrechus notatus (Stannius, 1831)
Thinophilus ruficornis (Haliday, 1838 in Curtis)
Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) 1 species
Platypezidae (flat-footed flies) 16 species including
Phoridae (scuttle flies / coffin flies) 151 species including
Superfamily Lonchopteroidea (spear-winged flies or pointed-wing flies)
Female Arctophila superbiens , a common hoverfly. Female Baccha elongata Female Eristalis tenax Syrphidae (hoverflies, flower flies) 183 species see List of the Syrphidae of Ireland
Psilidae (rust flies) 19 species including
Superfamily Conopoidea (thick-headed flies)
Conopidae (thick-headed flies) 11 species including
Lonchaeidae (lance flies) 14 species including
Pallopteridae (flutter-wing / trembling-wing / waving-wing flies) 10 species including
Piophilidae (cheese flies) 7 species including
Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies) 6 species including
Platystomatidae (signal flies) 2 species including
Tephritidae (fruit flies, peacock flies) 27 species including
Acidia cognata (Wiedemann, 1817)
Anomoia purmunda (Harris 1780)
Campiglossa absinthii (Fabricius, 1805)
Campiglossa loewiana (Hendel, 1927)
Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)
Euleia heraclei (Linnaeus, 1758)
Philophylla caesio (Harris 1780)
Sphenella marginata (Fallén, 1814)
Tephritis bardanae (Shrank, 1803)
Tephritis conura (Loew, 1844)
Tephritis formosa (Loew, 1844)
Tephritis hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tephritis leontodontis (De Geer, 1776)
Tephritis neesii (Meigen, 1830)
Tephritis vespertina (Loew, 1844)
Terellia ruficauda (Fabricius, 1794)
Terellia serratulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trupanea stellata (Fuesslin 1775)
Trypeta zoe Meigen, 1826
Urophora jaceana (Hering 1935)
Urophora stylata (Fabricius, 1775)
Xyphosia miliaria Schrank, 1781
Superfamily Sciomyzidea
Coelopidae (kelp flies) 3 species including
Dryomyzidae 3 species including
Helcomyzidae 1 species
Heterocheilidae (half-bridge flies) 1 species
Sciomyzidae (marsh flies, snail-killing flies) 55 species including
Anticheta analis (Meigen, 1830)
Anticheta brevipennis (Zetterstedt, 1846)
Colobaea punctata (Lundbeck, 1923)
Coremacera marginata (Fabricius, 1775)
Dictya umbrarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ditaeniella grisescens (Meigen, 1830)
Elgiva cucularia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Elgiva solicita (Harris, 1780)
Hydromya dorsalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Ilione albiseta (Scopoli, 1763)
Ilione lineata (Fallen, 1820)
Limnia unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763)
Pherbellia argyra Verbeke, 1967
Pherbellia cinerella (Fallen, 1820)
Pherbellia nana (Fallen, 1820)
Pherbellia schoenherri (Fallén, 1826)
Pherbellia ventralis (Fallén, 1820)
Pherbina coryleti (Scopoli, 1763)
Pteromicra angustipennis (Staeger, 1845)
Renocera pallida (Fallén, 1820)
Renocera strobili Hendel, 1900
Sepedon sphegea (Fabricius, 1775)
Sepedon spinipes (Scopoli, 1763)
Tetanocera arrogans Meigen, 1830
Tetanocera elata (Fabricius, 1781)
Tetanocera ferruginea Fallén, 1820
Tetanocera robusta Loew, 1847
Trypetoptera punctulata (Scopoli, 1763)
Sepsidae (black scavenger flies, ensign flies) 19 species including
Milichiidae (freeloader flies, filth flies, jackal flies) 2 species
Carnidae (bird flies / filth flies) 2 species
Braulidae (bee lice) 1 species
Canacidae (beach flies, surf flies, surge flies) 6 species including
Chloropidae (frit flies, eye gnats, eye flies, grass flies) 70 species including
Cetema elongatum (Meigen, 1830)
Chlorops planifrons (Loew, 1866)
Chlorops pumilionis (Bjerkander, 1778)
Dicraeus vagans Meigen, 1838
Diplotoxa messoria Fallen, 1820
Elachiptera cornuta Fallen, 1820
Melanum laterale Haliday, 1833
Meromyza femorata Macquart, 1835
Meromyza pratorum Meigen, 1830
Meromyza triangulina Fedoseeva, 1960
Heleomyzidae 33 species including
Trichoscelididae 2 species
Chyromyidae 3 species including
Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies, lesser dung flies, lesser corpse flies) 72 species including
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Drosophilidae 30 species including
Campichoetidae 2 species including
Diastatidae 4 species including
Camillidae 1 species
Ephydridae (shore flies, brine flies) 68 species including
Dichaeta caudata (Fallen, 1813)
Discomyza incurva (Fallen, 1823)
Ilythea spilota Curtis, 1832
Limnellia quadrata (Fallen, 1813)
Notiphila aenea Waltl, 1837
Notiphila riparia Meigen, 1830
Ochthera mantis De Geer, 1776
Paracoenia fumosa (Stenhammar, 1844)
Parydra aquila (Fallen, 1813)
Parydra fossarum (Haliday, 1833)
Scathophagidae (dung flies) 33 species including
Chaetosa punctipes Meigen, 1826
Cleigastra apicalis (Meigen, 1826)
Cordilura albipes Fallen, 1819
Cordilura pudica Meigen, 1826
Nanna inermis (Becker 1894)
Norellia spinipes (Meigen, 1826)
Norellisoma spinimanum (Fallen 1819)
Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823)
Scathophaga inquinata (Meigen, 1826)
Scathophaga litorea (Fallén, 1819)
Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus 1758)
Scathophaga suilla (Fabricius, 1794)
Spaziphora hydromyzina (Fallen, 1819)
Trichopalpus fraternus (Meigen, 1826)
Anthomyiidae 93 species including
Alliopsis billbergi (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Anthomyia confusanea Michelsen in Michelsen & Baez, 1985
Anthomyia bazini Seguy, 1929
Botanophila discreta (Meigen, 1826)
Botanophila fugax (Meigen, 1826)
Chirosia betuleti (Ringdahl, 1935)
Delia albula (Fallén, 1825)
Delia antiqua (Meigen, 1826)
Delia radicum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Delia floralis (Fallén, 1824)
Fucellia fucorum (Fallen, 1819)
Hylemya nigrimana (Meigen, 1826)
Hylemya urbica Wulp, 1896
Hylemya vagans (Panzer, 1798)
Hylemya variata (Fallen, 1823)
Hydrophoria lancifer (Harris, [1780])
Hydrophoria ruralis (Meigen, 1826)
Lasiomma seminitidum (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Mycophaga testacea (Gimmerthal, 1834)
Myopina myopina (Fallen, 1824)
Paradelia intersecta (Meigen, 1826)
Pegomya betae (Curtis, 1847)
Pegomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817)
Pegomya rubivora (Coquillett, 1897)
Pegomya solennis (Meigen, 1826)
Pegoplata aestiva (Meigen, 1826)
Pegoplata infirma (Meigen, 1826)
Fanniidae 27 species including
Fannia armata (Meigen, 1826)
Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Fannia lepida (Wiedemann, 1817)
Fannia lustrator (Harris, 1780)
Fannia mollissima (Haliday, 1840)
Fannia pusio (Wiedemann, 1830)
Fannia rondanii (Strobl, 1893)
Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794)
Fannia serena (Fallén, 1825)
Fannia sociella (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Muscidae (house flies, stable flies) 163 species including
Achanthiptera rohrelliformis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Azelia cilipes (Haliday, 1838)
Azelia nebulosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Coenosia albicornis Meigen, 1826
Coenosia agromyzina (Fallen, 1825)
Coenosia antennata (Zetterstedt, 1849)
Coenosia mollicula (Fallen, 1825)
Coenosia testacea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Coenosia tigrina (Fabricius, 1775)
Coenosia verralli Collin, 1953
Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763)
Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Haematobosca stimulans (Meigen, 1824)
Hebecnema umbratica (Meigen, 1826)
Hebecnema nigra (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Hebecnema nigricolor (Fallen, 1825)
Hebecnema vespertina (Fallén, 1823)
Helina allotalla (Meigen, 1830)
Helina confinis (Fallén, 1825)
Helina depuncta (Fallén, 1825)
Helina evecta (Harris, 1780)
Helina impuncta (Fallén, 1825)
Helina maculipennis (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Helina protuberans (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Helina reversio (Harris, 1780)
Helina setiventris Ringdahl, 1924
Hydrotaea albipuncta (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Hydrotaea cyrtoneurina (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Hydrotaea dentipes (Fabricius, 1805)
Limnophora tigrina Am Stein, 1860
Limnophora triangula (Fallén, 1825)
Lispe pygmaea Fallen, 1825
Lispe tentaculata (De Geer, 1776)
Lispocephala alma (Meigen, 1826)
Lispocephala erythrocera (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Lophosceles cinereiventris (Zetterstedt, 1845)
Mesembrina meridiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Morellia aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Morellia simplex (Loew, 1857)
Musca autumnalis De Geer, 1776
Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
Muscina levida (Harris, 1780)
Mydaea corni (Scopoli, 1763)
Mydaea setifemur Ringdahl, 1924
Mydaea urbana (Meigen, 1826)
Myospila meditabunda (Fabricius, 1781)
Phaonia angelicae (Scopoli, 1763)
Phaonia cincta (Zetterstedt, 1846)
Phaonia errans (Meigen, 1826)
Phaonia fuscata (Fallén, 1825)
Phaonia halterata (Stein, 1893)
Phaonia incana (Wiedemann, 1817)
Phaonia pallida (Fabricius, 1787)
Phaonia palpata (Stein, 1897)
Phaonia perdita (Meigen, 1830)
Phaonia rufiventris (Scopoli, 1763)
Phaonia subventa (Harris, 1780)
Phaonia tuguriorum (Scopoli, 1763)
Phaonia valida (Harris, 1780)
Schoenomyza litorella (Fallen, 1823)
Spilogona aerea (Fallén, 1825)
Spilogona denigrata (Meigen, 1826)
Thricops diaphanus (Wiedemann, 1817)
Thricops rostratus (Meade, 1882)
Thricops semicinereus (Wiedemann, 1817)
Villeneuvia aestuum (Villeneuve, 1902)
Calliphoridae (blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, greenbottles, cluster flies) 20 species including
Rhinophoridae 4 species including
Sarcophagidae (flesh flies) 24 species including
Tachinidae 65 species including
Gymnosoma rotundatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Actia pilipennis (Fallén, 1810)
Aplomya confinis (Fallen 1820)
Blondelia nigripes (Fallén, 1810)
Carcelia lucorum (Meigen 1824)
Compsilura concinnata (Meigen 1824)
Cylindromyia brassicaria (Fabricius 1775)
Cyzenis albicans (Fallén, 1810)
Dexiosoma caninum (Fabricius, 1781)
Eriothrix rufomaculata (DeGeer, 1776)
Eurithia anthophila (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Eurithia connivens Zetterstedt, 1844
Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gonia capitata (De Geer, 1776)
Gonia picea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
Gymnocheta viridis (Fallén, 1810)
Linnaemya vulpina (Fallén, 1810)
Loewia foeda (Meigen 1824)
Lophosia fasciata Meigen, 1824
Lydella stabulans (Meigen 1824)
Lydina aenea (Meigen, 1824)
Lypha dubia (Fallén, 1810)
Macquartia dispar (Fallén, 1820)
Macquartia grisea (Fallén, 1810)
Medina collaris (Fallen 1820)
Nilea hortulana (Meigen 1824)
Pales pavida (Meigen 1824)
Phasia hemiptera (Fabricius, 1794)
Phasia obesa (Fabricius, 1798)
Phryxe nemea (Meigen, 1824)
Phryxe vulgaris (Fallen 1810)
Phytomyptera nigrina (Meigen 1824)
Platymya fimbriata (Meigen 1824)
Prosena siberita (Fabricius 1775)
Siphona geniculata (De Geer 1776)
Siphona maculata Zetterstedt, 1849
Tachina fera (Linnaeus 1761)
Tachina grossa (Linnaeus 1758)
Thelaira nigripes (Fallén, 1817)
Voria ruralis (Fallen 1810)
Campylocheta inepta Meigen, 1824
Oestridae (bot flies, warble flies, heel flies, gadflies) 6 species including
Identification and descriptions, line drawings
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