Silba (fly)

Silba
	Silba fumosa, Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Lonchaeidae
Subfamily:	Lonchaeinae
Tribe:	Lonchaeini
Genus:	Silba; Macquart, 1851

Silba is a genus of lance flies in the family Lonchaeidae. There are more than 120 described species in Silba, found on every continent except South America and Antarctica.

Species

These 122 species belong to the genus Silba:

Silba abstata McAlpine, 1956
Silba adelosa McAlpine, 1964
Silba adipata McAlpine, 1956
Silba admirabilis McAlpine, 1956
Silba albisquama (Kertész, 1901)
Silba andasibe MacGowan, 2019
Silba apodesma McAlpine, 1961
Silba arcana McAlpine, 1961
Silba atratula (Walker, 1860)
Silba bakongo MacGowan, 2015
Silba bambusae MacGowan, 2007
Silba bidenticulata McAlpine, 1964
Silba bifurcata MacGowan, 2005
Silba bisulcata (Bezzi, 1920)
Silba botanica MacGowan, 2007
Silba boulangi MacGowan, 2015
Silba bredoi MacGowan, 2015
Silba breviplumosa MacGowan, 2007
Silba budongo MacGowan, 2005
Silba calceus MacGowan, 2005
Silba caliginosa McAlpine, 1964
Silba callida McAlpine, 1964
Silba calva (Bezzi, 1914)
Silba cameronia MacGowan, 2005
Silba candidala McAlpine, 1964
Silba capsicarum McAlpine, 1956
Silba cascadens MacGowan, 2007
Silba chalkei McAlpine, 1956
Silba citricola (Bezzi, 1914)
Silba combi MacGowan, 2007
Silba consentanea (Walker, 1860)
Silba cucumeris McAlpine, 1964
Silba cupraria (Meijere, 1910)
Silba denticulata MacGowan, 2005
Silba devians (Hennig, 1948)
Silba displata McAlpine, 1964
Silba emulata McAlpine, 1964
Silba erecta MacGowan & Ariomoto, 2020
Silba erromango MacGowan, 2021
Silba excisa (Kertész, 1901)
Silba eximia McAlpine, 1964
Silba ficiperda (Bezzi, 1914)
Silba figurata MacGowan, 2005
Silba filamenta MacGowan & Barták, 2022
Silba flavitarsis MacGowan, 2004
Silba foldvarii MacGowan, 2007
Silba fumosa (Egger, 1863)
Silba fungicola MacGowan, 2020
Silba garamba MacGowan, 2015
Silba gibbosa (Meijere, 1910)
Silba gongeti MacGowan, 2005
Silba hambai MacGowan, 2015
Silba hebridensis MacGowan, 2021
Silba hirticeps MacGowan, 2005
Silba horridomedea McAlpine, 1964
Silba imitata McAlpine, 1964
Silba inimvua MacGowan, 2015
Silba inubiwa MacGowan & Okamoto, 2020
Silba ischnopoda Macgowan & Compton, 2018
Silba ishigaki MacGowan & Okamoto, 2020
Silba isla MacGowan, 2005
Silba israel MacGowan & Freidberg, 2008
Silba japonica MacGowan & Okamoto, 2020
Silba kadavu MacGowan, 2014
Silba kuantani MacGowan, 2023
Silba laevis (Bezzi, 1920)
Silba lashker MacGowan & Razak
Silba longidentata MacGowan, 2007
Silba longigonite MacGowan, 2019
Silba longistylus MacGowan, 2005
Silba lubumbashi MacGowan, 2015
Silba lucens (Meijere, 1910)
Silba macrogonite MacGowan, 2019
Silba malaysia (MacGowan, 2005)
Silba mbuti MacGowan, 2015
Silba microcercosa MacGowan, 2007
Silba mitis (Curran, 1927)
Silba mitsuii MacGowan, 2020
Silba montana (Brunetti, 1913)
Silba namibia MacGowan, 2005
Silba neozopherosa McAlpine, 1964
Silba nepalensis MacGowan, 2006
Silba nigrispicata MacGowan, 2007
Silba nigritella (Malloch, 1930)
Silba nudoscutella McAlpine, 1964
Silba ophyroides (Bezzi, 1920)
Silba pallicarpa (Bezzi, 1920)
Silba papei MacGowan, 2005
Silba pappi Soós, 1977
Silba parasita (Séguy, 1933)
Silba pencila MacGowan, 2019
Silba perplexa (Walker, 1860)
Silba plumosissima (Bezzi, 1919)
Silba pollinosa (Kertész, 1901)
Silba quadridentata MacGowan, 2005
Silba ramuscula McAlpine, 1964
Silba retalionis (McAlpine, 1964)
Silba rotherayi MacGowan, 2005
Silba saegeri MacGowan, 2015
Silba schachti MacGowan, 2004
Silba septuosa McAlpine, 1964
Silba setifera (Meijere, 1910)
Silba setigonite MacGowan, 2019
Silba setiphallus MacGowan, 2014
Silba silbacola (MacGowan, 2006)
Silba spatulata MacGowan, 2005
Silba spiculata MacGowan, 2015
Silba spinosa MacGowan, 2005
Silba srilanka McAlpine, 1975
Silba taciturna (Walker, 1859)
Silba taiwanica (Hennig, 1948)
Silba tekei MacGowan, 2015
Silba tenuipennis MacGowan, 2007
Silba thunbergii MacGowan & Ariomoto, 2020
Silba translucens MacGowan, 2007
Silba trigena MacGowan, 2004
Silba uganda MacGowan, 2005
Silba uniformis (Malloch, 1930)
Silba upemba MacGowan, 2015
Silba vanemdeni McAlpine, 1975
Silba virescens Macquart, 1851
Silba wittei MacGowan, 2015

References

1 2 "GBIF, Silba". Retrieved 2025-05-11.
1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Silba Macquart, 1851". Retrieved 2025-05-11.

External links

Citizen science observations for Silba at iNaturalist

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[gbif-1] 1 2 "GBIF, Silba". Retrieved 2025-05-11.

[catlife-2] 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Silba Macquart, 1851". Retrieved 2025-05-11.

Silba

Silba fumosa, Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Lonchaeidae
Subfamily:	Lonchaeinae
Tribe:	Lonchaeini
Genus:	Silba Macquart, 1851