Invertebrates Flora Botanical gardens Civil societies Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India.
There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and more are still being discovered to this day.
This makes it very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species of mosquitoes, horseflies,[a] Mosquitoes (Culicidae) are vectors for malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, yellow fever, encephalitis, and other infectious diseases.
The exact number of species confined to the country is very difficult to note down, due to few researchers and publications of papers focusing them.