New faunistic data on Diptera (Hexapoda, Insecta) from the Ziarat Juniperus forest ecosystem (Pakistan) Author Khan, Qaiser Department of Zoology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan wipro_qk2005@yahoo.com Author Kakar, Asmathullah Department of Zoology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan Author Kamran, Kashif Department of Zoology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan text Biodiversity Data Journal 2024 2024-03-25 12 114414 114414 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e114414 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e114414 1314-2828-12-e114414 A461A98999BA5F35B809AF79B1552834 Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence : recordedBy: Qaiser Khan ; individualCount: 8 ; occurrenceID: CD963EB4-53E3-5370-8171-BA7629D2AC94 ; Taxon : scientificName: Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794); order: Diptera ; family: Polleniidae ; genus: Pollenia ; specificEpithet: rudis; scientificNameAuthorship: (Fabricius, 1794); Location : country: Pakistan ; countryCode: PK; stateProvince: Balochistan ; county: Ziatar District ; municipality: Ziarat ; decimalLatitude: 30.400139 ; decimalLongitude: 67.726806 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Qaiser Khan ; Event : eventDate: 2019-06- 24 Type status: Other material . Occurrence : recordedBy: Qaiser Khan ; individualCount: 12 ; occurrenceID: F62CEF4C-0F02-5374-907F-32E751689B21 ; Taxon : scientificName: Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794); order: Diptera ; family: Polleniidae ; genus: Pollenia ; specificEpithet: rudis; scientificNameAuthorship: (Fabricius, 1794); Location : country: Pakistan ; countryCode: PK; stateProvince: Balochistan ; county: Ziatar District ; municipality: Ziarat ; decimalLatitude: 30.400139 ; decimalLongitude: 67.726806 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Qaiser Khan ; Event : eventDate: 2019-07- 22 Type status: Other material . Occurrence : recordedBy: Qaiser Khan ; individualCount: 10 ; occurrenceID: 93CEB988-CEB5-5A1B-953D-A1BA57E0A3AB ; Taxon : scientificName: Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794); order: Diptera ; family: Polleniidae ; genus: Pollenia ; specificEpithet: rudis; scientificNameAuthorship: (Fabricius, 1794); Location : country: Pakistan ; countryCode: PK; stateProvince: Balochistan ; county: Ziatar District ; municipality: Ziarat ; decimalLatitude: 30.400139 ; decimalLongitude: 67.726806 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Qaiser Khan ; Event : eventDate: 2019-08- 26 Type status: Other material . Occurrence : recordedBy: Qaiser Khan ; individualCount: 13 ; occurrenceID: E0FBFF7E-195C-5A1B-8DBD-08E4FE633B42 ; Taxon : scientificName: Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794); order: Diptera ; family: Polleniidae ; genus: Pollenia ; specificEpithet: rudis; scientificNameAuthorship: (Fabricius, 1794); Location : country: Pakistan ; countryCode: PK; stateProvince: Balochistan ; county: Ziatar District ; municipality: Ziarat ; decimalLatitude: 30.400139 ; decimalLongitude: 67.726806 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Qaiser Khan ; Event : eventDate: 2019-09-09 Type status: Other material . Occurrence : recordedBy: Qaiser Khan ; individualCount: 1 ; occurrenceID: C5CCF762-8E6D-5A1E-9BBF-9AFAC934492F ; Taxon : scientificName: Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794); order: Diptera ; family: Polleniidae ; genus: Pollenia ; specificEpithet: rudis; scientificNameAuthorship: (Fabricius, 1794); Location : country: Pakistan ; countryCode: PK; stateProvince: Balochistan ; county: Ziatar District ; municipality: Ziarat ; decimalLatitude: 30.400139 ; decimalLongitude: 67.726806 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Qaiser Khan ; Event : eventDate: 2019-09- 16 Type status: Other material . Occurrence : recordedBy: Qaiser Khan ; individualCount: 3 ; occurrenceID: 80880189-4F6A-5626-86FB-36F4BDF40430 ; Taxon : scientificName: Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794); order: Diptera ; family: Polleniidae ; genus: Pollenia ; specificEpithet: rudis; scientificNameAuthorship: (Fabricius, 1794); Location : country: Pakistan ; countryCode: PK; stateProvince: Balochistan ; county: Ziatar District ; municipality: Ziarat ; decimalLatitude: 30.400139 ; decimalLongitude: 67.726806 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Qaiser Khan ; Event : eventDate: 2019-10-14 Distribution It has been reported from all provinces of Pakistan except Sindh ( Ghorpade 2015 , Ghorpade and Shehzad 2013 ). The species is cosmopolitan ( Byrd and Castner 2010 , Chiewchanvit et al. 2017 ). Notes It is commonly known as cluster fly and these are common household nuisances during autumn and winter months. They are parasitic to earthworms ( Capinera 2008 ). Adults are found during June to October in the study area. This is the first record for the Province (Fig. 11 ).