Siphunculina Explained

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]

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:

• Siphunculina aenea Macquart, 1835
• Siphunculina aureopilosa Séguy, 1938
• Siphunculina aureosetosa Nartshuk, 1992
• Siphunculina breviseta Malloch, 1924
• Siphunculina corbetti Duda, 1936
• Siphunculina fasciata Cherian, 1971
• Siphunculina freyi Sabrosky, 1957
• Siphunculina funicola Meijere, 1905
• Siphunculina intonsa Lamb, 1918
• Siphunculina lobeliaphila Sabrosky, 1951
• Siphunculina loici Nartshuk, 2001
• Siphunculina lurida Enderlein, 1911
• Siphunculina manipurensis Cherian, 1977
• Siphunculina matilei Nartshuk, 2001
• Siphunculina mediana Becker, 1912
• Siphunculina minima Meijere, 1908
• Siphunculina montana Spencer, 1977
• Siphunculina nidicola Nartshuk, 1971
• Siphunculina nitidissima Kanmiya, 1982
• Siphunculina ornatifrons Loew, 1858
• Siphunculina peraspera Séguy, 1957
• Siphunculina punctifrons Sabrosky, 1954
• Siphunculina quinquangula Loew, 1873
• Siphunculina sharmai Cherian, 1977
• Siphunculina stackelbergi Duda, 1933
• Siphunculina stigmatica Kanmiya, 1994
• Siphunculina striolatus Wiedemann, 1830
• Siphunculina ulceria Cherian, 1971

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life

Notes and 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
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.