Dipteran flies in stables in and around Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Rachita Shety, Manaswini Dehuri, Mitra Ranjan Panda and Bijayendranath Mohanty
The study was conducted in two stables in and around Bhubaneswar, Odisha for a period of one year (July 2016 to June 2017) to determine the diversity of fly population. Out of 1320 flies collected from stables, Tabanus fly (28.48%) had the highest abundance followed by Musca sp. (26.36%), Coproica sp. (21.52%), Stomoxys sp. (11.82%), Culex sp.(8.79%) and Chrysops sp. (3.03%) Higher abundance of flies were observed during the month of July while lowest during January.