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ABSTRACT
The species, the abundance and sex ratio of cyclorrhaphan dipterans was investigated in Ekosodin area of Benin City with sweep net and sniper insecticide. Three species were recorded. They include Musca domestica (x =99.99), Lucillia sericata (x = 23.17), Lucilia illustris (x= 1.83) in descending order of importance. Musca domestica has even distribution from site to site, whereas Lucilia sericata as dominant in restaurant/refuse dump and Lucilia illustris was abundant in residence. A comparison of mean number of species per site revealed that Musca domestica was the most abundant species. Sex ratio varied from the 1:1 ratio of male to female in various site in market (1:2), residence (1:2), restaurant (1:2) and refuse dump (1:3) in Musca domestica; only in refuse dump (1:2) in Lucilia sericata, but only female was recorded in restaurant (0:2) and refuse dump (0:7) in Lucilia illustris. Analysis of the result indicates that refuse provided the best breeding site for cl=yclorrhaphan dipterans in Ekosodin, Benin city. Control should therefore be focused on this site.
