| Abstract: | It may be concluded that Arunachal Pradesh has so far known to harbour 51 species under the families Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Asilidae, Empididae and Dolichopodidae of the suborder Brachycera. Among the 51 species so far reported from Arunachal Pradesh, Chrysops designatus Ricardo of the family Tabanidae is very common throughout (5 districts) the state, and the following species like, Tabanus (Tabanus) rubicundus Macquart (13 states), Cophinopoda chinensis (Fabricius) (11 states), Michotamia aurata (Fabricius) & Sargus metallinus Fabricius (10 states), Philodicus femoralis Ricardo (9 states) are distributed in maximum number of states of India. However, among the 51 species ofbrachycerans, 13 species (marked with**) are confined to Arunachal Pradesh, 4 species (marked with*) to India, 33 species extend their range up to the boundary of Oriental region and a only a lone species, Cophinopoda chinensis (Fabricius) extends its range to Japan and Korea beyond the Oriental region. (Table : 1. 2. 3).
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