| Abstract: | A comprehensive account of the Diptera fauna of Nagaland is given in the paper. 36 species under 25 genera of 10 families are reported from this state; and 17 species are recorded for the first time. Keys and diagnostic characters to the identification of families, genera and species are reported here. Among the 36 species reported here, 5 species confined to India, 15 species spread only in the boundary of Oriental region, 4 species upto Palaearctic region, 12 species extends their range of distribution beyond the Oriental and Palaearctic (5 species, Australian, 2 species, Nearctic, and 5 species cosmopolitan in distribution).
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