diptera from nepal 



Table 2 

 Comparison of Nepalese and Japanese drosophilid faunae 



117 



Genus and 



Nepalese 



Japanese 



Species 



Subgenus 



species 



species 



in common 



Cryplochaetum 



1 



1 



1 



Diastata 



2 



2 



1 



Campichoeta 



1 











Apsinota 



2 











Stegana 



1 



3 







Leucophenga 



16 



12 



4 



Microdrosophila 



6 



6 







Lissodrosophila 



1 











Hypselothyrea 



1 



1 







Liodrosophila 



4 



2 







Paramycodrosophila 



1 











Chaetodrosophilella 



1 



1 







Diathoneura 



1 











Scaptomyza 



4 



8 



I 



Drosophila 



35 



65 



12 



Other six genera 







26 







Total 



77 



127 



19 



Scaptodrosophila 



5 



5 







Dichaelophora 



2 



1 



1 



Hirtodrosophila 



2 



9 







Dorsilopha 



1 



1 



1 



Sopkophora 



12 



17 



5 



Drosophila s. str. 



13 



31 



5 



Lordiphosa 







1 







ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEPALESE SPECIES 



Following is a summarized list of the collection data recorded by Mr. R. L. Coe for 

 the present material. The numbers following the generic and subgeneric names are 

 those given to the species in Table 1. 



Taplejung Districts 



Sangu, c. 6,200'. 



Mixed vegetation by stream in gully. Leucophenga (8, 17, 20, 23), Microdrosophila 

 (26, 28, 29), Liodrosophila (32, 33, 34, 35), Chaetodrosophillela (37), Scaptomyza 

 (38, 39), Drosophila (43, 44, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68, 71, 72, 



73. 74, 75. 76, 77)- 



Rotting fruits of Bhor tree on ground. Hypselothyrea (31), Liodrosophila (33), 

 Drosophila (59, 60, 62, 63, 76, 77). 



Mixed vegetation in deep gully. Liodrosophila (34), Chaetodrosophillela (37), 

 Scaptomyza (39), Drosophila (53, 69). 



Clearing in small wood. Scaptomyza (39, 40), Drosophila (53, 57). 



