Diptera of Canada

By

Savage, Jade
Borkent, Art, 1953-
Brodo, Fenja, 1936-
Cumming, Jeffrey M., 1954-
Curler, Gregory R
Currie, Douglas C. (Douglas Campbell), 1955-
deWaard, Jeremy
Gibson, Joel
Hauser, Martin
Laplante, Louis
Lonsdale, Owen
Marshall, Stephen A
O'Hara, James 1952-
Sinclair, Bradley J
Skevington, Jeffrey

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

819

Pages

397--450

Subjects

biodiversity assessment Biota of Canada

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.27625

 

Abstract

The Canadian Diptera fauna is updated. Numbers of species currently known from Canada, total Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), and estimated numbers of undescribed or unrecorded species are provided for each family. An overview of recent changes in the systematics and Canadian faunistics of major groups is provided as well as some general information on biology and life history. A total of 116 families and 9620 described species of Canadian Diptera are reported, representing more than a 36% increase in species numbers since the last comparable assessment by JF McAlpine et al. (1979). Almost 30,000 BINs have so far been obtained from flies in Canada. Estimates of additional number of species remaining to be documented in the country range from 5200 to 20,400.