True flies

True Flies - Diptera

The True Flies, Diptera, are a vast and very diverse order of insects, with 7,000 known species from the British Isles alone. There is no reliable estimate of the number of species recorded in Shropshire, but with the diversity of habitats found in the county, it is certain that there will be a great variety of species present.

In Shropshire, relatively few families of Diptera have received much recording attention. The crane flies (a group of families of slender and long legged flies) have been extensively recorded, "Big Headed Flies" - Pipunculidae and "Thick Headed Flies" - Conopidae have also received some attention. The maps contain records for these three families.

There are records of flies from other families and these will be added to the True Flies map pages over the coming months.

Hoverflies have also been extensively recorded and a map page for this family can be viewed here

Nigel Jones December 2008.

True-flies

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English Name	Latin Name
a big-headed fly	Cephalops varipes	Map
a big-headed fly	Eudorylas longifrons	Map
a big-headed fly	Eudorylas subterminalis	Map
a big-headed fly	Pipunculus lenis	Map
a big-headed fly	Pipunculus violovitchi	Map
a big-headed fly	Tomosvaryella sylvatica	Map
A Conopid Fly (Thick_Headed Fly)	Conops flavipes	Map
A Conopid Fly (Thick_Headed Fly)	Conops quadrifasciata	Map
A Conopid Fly (Thick_Headed Fly)	Conops vesicularis	Map
A Conopid Fly (Thick_Headed Fly)	Myopa testacea	Map
A Conopid Fly (Thick_Headed Fly)	Thecophora atra	Map
a cranefly	Antocha vitripennis	Map
a cranefly	Atypophthalmus inusta	Map
a cranefly	Dicranomyia autumnalis	Map
a cranefly	Dicranomyia didyma	Map
a cranefly	Dicranomyia morio	Map
a cranefly	Dicranomyia ventralis	Map
a cranefly	Dictenidia bimaculata	Map
a cranefly	Ellipteroides lateralis	Map
a cranefly	Eloeophila submarmorata	Map
a cranefly	Eloeophila trimaculata	Map
a cranefly	Erioconopa trivialis	Map
a cranefly	Erioptera flavata	Map
a cranefly	Erioptera fuscipennis	Map
a cranefly	Erioptera nigripalpis	Map
a cranefly	Erioptera squalida	Map
a cranefly	Euphylidorea aperta	Map
a cranefly	Euphylidorea lineola	Map
a cranefly	Hoplolabis areolata	Map
a cranefly	Limonia nigropunctata	Map
a cranefly	Limonia nubeculosa	Map
a cranefly	Limonia trivittata	Map
a cranefly	Lipsothrix errans	Map
a cranefly	Molophilus appendiculatus	Map
a cranefly	Molophilus corniger	Map
a cranefly	Neolimnomyia batava	Map
a cranefly	Neolimnomyia filata	Map
a cranefly	Nephrotoma appendiculata	Map
a cranefly	Nephrotoma cornicina	Map
a cranefly	Ormosia nodulosa	Map
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A robber - fly (Asilidae) Choreades marginatus
An uncommon species of old woodlands in Shropshire.

About the Maps

Search and select a species by the English or scientific name then click 'Map'.

The blue square represents a tetrad (2x2km) and when you click the map a tetrad sized square will be highlighted. To the right of the map you will be told the grid reference of where you clicked, the tetrad name, plus the year the species was last seen there.

Click 'Satellite' on the map to use satellite or aerial photos as the backdrop. Use the ' + ' and ' - ' symbols to zoom in and zoom out. Click and hold the map to move around.