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Diopsis

Genus of stalk-eyed flies

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Diopsis is the type genus of stalk-eyed flies: placed in the subfamily Diopsinae and first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1775. Species are recorded from Africa and south-east Asia.

Species such as Diopsis macrophthalma (synonym D. thoracica) and D. apicalis cause significant rice damage by boring into stems: especially in Africa.

01Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:

  1. Diopsis abdominalis Westwood, 1835
  2. Diopsis absens Brunetti, 1926
  3. Diopsis acanthophthalma Eggers, 1925
  4. Diopsis angustifemur Brunetti, 1926
  5. Diopsis anthracina Brunetti, 1928
  6. Diopsis apicalis Dalman, 1817
  7. Diopsis arabica Westwood, 1837
  8. Diopsis aries Hendel, 1923
  9. Diopsis atricapilla Guérin, 1836
  10. Diopsis atromicans Speiser, 1910
  11. Diopsis baigumensis Séguy, 1955
  12. Diopsis basalis Brunetti, 1926
  13. Diopsis chinica Yang & Chen, 1998
  14. Diopsis circularis Macquart, 1835
  15. Diopsis collaris Westwood, 1835
  16. Diopsis confusa Wiedemann, 1830
  17. Diopsis cruciata Curran, 1934
  18. Diopsis curva Bertoloni, 1861
  19. Diopsis dimidiata Curran, 1929
  20. Diopsis diversipes Curran, 1928
  21. Diopsis eisentrauti Lindner, 1962
  22. Diopsis erythrocephala Westwood, 1837
  23. Diopsis finitima Eggers, 1916
  24. Diopsis flavoscutellaris Brunetti, 1928
  25. Diopsis fumipennis Westwood, 1835
  26. Diopsis furcata Macquart, 1846
  27. Diopsis globosa Curran, 1931
  28. Diopsis gnu Hendel, 1923
  29. Diopsis hoplophora Hendel, 1923
  30. Diopsis ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1775
  31. Diopsis indica Westwood, 1835
  32. Diopsis leucochira Bezzi, 1908
  33. Diopsis lindneri Feijen, 1978
  34. Diopsis macquartii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  35. Diopsis macromacula Brunetti, 1926
  36. Diopsis macrophthalma Dalman, 1817
  37. Diopsis maculithorax Brunetti, 1928
  38. Diopsis melania Eggers, 1925
  39. Diopsis micronotata Brunetti, 1926
  40. Diopsis munroi Curran, 1929
  41. Diopsis neesii Westwood, 1837
  42. Diopsis nigra Illiger, 1807
  43. Diopsis nigrasplendens Feijen, 1984
  44. Diopsis nigriceps Eggers, 1925
  45. Diopsis nigrosicus Séguy, 1949
  46. Diopsis nitela Séguy, 1955
  47. Diopsis orizae Séguy, 1955
  48. Diopsis ornata Westwood, 1837
  49. Diopsis phlogodes Hendel, 1923
  50. Diopsis planidorsum Hendel, 1923
  51. Diopsis pollinosa Adams, 1903
  52. Diopsis preapicalis Speiser, 1910
  53. Diopsis punctigera Westwood, 1835
  54. Diopsis rubriceps Eggers, 1925
  55. Diopsis servillei Macquart, 1844
  56. Diopsis somaliensis Johnson, 1898
  57. Diopsis stuckenbergi Feijen & Feijen, 2012
  58. Diopsis subfasciata Macquart, 1844
  59. Diopsis sulcifrons Bezzi, 1908
  60. Diopsis surcoufi Séguy, 1955
  61. Diopsis terminata Macquart, 1846
  62. Diopsis trentepohlii Westwood, 1837
  63. Diopsis wiedemanni Westwood, 1837

02Note

Diopsis Diesing, 1862 is a synonym of Stylochus Ehrenberg, 1831: a Turbellarian flatworm in the family Stylochidae.

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