Siphunculina is a genus of small flies known as tropical eye flies

Chloropidae

Chloropidae is a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. There are approximately 2000 described species in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very small flies, yellow or black and appearing shiny due to the virtual absence of any hairs. The majority of the...

. They are known for their habit of visiting the eyes of humans and other vertebrates to feed on fluids and in doing so cause annoyance, spread bacterial or viral diseases or cause injury to the eye. They have a habit of resting in large numbers on suspended strings, ropes and cobwebs.

Several species are known from the Old World, including Asia, Europe and Africa.

Species

Some of the species include:

• S. aenea Macquart
  Justin Pierre Marie Macquart
  Justin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
  
  , 1835
• S. aureopilosa Séguy
  Eugène Séguy
  Eugène Séguy was a French entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1956 -1960.Portraits and Number 7, bottom row.-Works:...
  
  , 1938
• S. aureosetosa Nartshuk, 1992
• S. breviseta Malloch
  John Russell Malloch
  John Russell Malloch was a Scottish entomologist who specialised in Diptera.In 1910 he emigrated to Urbana, Illinois, United States.-References:See...
  
  , 1924
• S. corbetti Duda
  Oswald Duda
  Oswald Duda , full name Pavel Theodor Friedrich Oswald Duda was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.Duda was born in Silesia 11 April 1869. He died in Habelschwerdt now Bystrzyca Kłodzka 21 November 1941.-Publications:...
  
  , 1936
• S. fasciata Cherian, 1971
• S. freyi Sabrosky, 1957
• S. funicola Meijere, 1905
• S. intonsa Lamb, 1918
• S. lobeliaphila Sabrosky, 1951
• S. loici Nartshuk, 2001
• S. lurida Enderlein
  Günther Enderlein
  Günther Enderlein was a German zoologist, entomologist and later a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. Enderlein got some international renown because of his insect research but in Germany he became famous because of his concept of the pleomorphism of microorganisms and his hypotheses about...
  
  , 1911
• S. manipurensis Cherian, 1977
• S. matilei Nartshuk, 2001
• S. mediana Becker
  Theodor Becker
  Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
  
  , 1912
• S. minima Meijere, 1908
• S. montana Spencer, 1977
• S. nidicola Nartshuk, 1971
• S. nitidissima Kanmiya, 1982
• S. ornatifrons Loew
  Hermann Loew
  Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
  
  , 1858
• S. peraspera Séguy
  Eugène Séguy
  Eugène Séguy was a French entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1956 -1960.Portraits and Number 7, bottom row.-Works:...
  
  , 1957
• S. punctifrons Sabrosky, 1954
• S. quinquangula Loew
  Hermann Loew
  Friedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
  
  , 1873
• S. sharmai Cherian, 1977
• S. stackelbergi Duda
  Oswald Duda
  Oswald Duda , full name Pavel Theodor Friedrich Oswald Duda was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.Duda was born in Silesia 11 April 1869. He died in Habelschwerdt now Bystrzyca Kłodzka 21 November 1941.-Publications:...
  
  , 1933
• S. stigmatica Kanmiya, 1994
• S. striolatus Wiedemann
  Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
  Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
  
  , 1830
• S. ulceria Cherian, 1971