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Teleopsis

Genus of flies

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Teleopsis is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae. All species in the genus are found in Asia. About 20 species are described.

01Species

Several species were placed previously in the similar genus Cyrtodiopsis; the Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes:

  1. Teleopsis adjacens Brunetti, 1928
  2. Teleopsis africana (Shillito, 1940) Brunetti, 1928
  3. Teleopsis amnoni Feijen & Feijen, 2019
  4. Teleopsis anjahanaribei (Vanschuytbroeck, 1965)
  5. Teleopsis boettcheri Frey, 1928
  6. Teleopsis cheni Yang & Chen, 1998
  7. Teleopsis cobiae Feijen, 2011
  8. Teleopsis currani (Shillito, 1940)
  9. Teleopsis dalmanni (Wiedemann, 1830)
  10. Teleopsis discrepans (Walker, 1856)
  11. Teleopsis fallax (Bigot, 1874)
  12. Teleopsis ferruginea (Röder, 1893)
  13. Teleopsis freyi Feijen, 2011
  14. Teleopsis fujianensis Liu, Wu & Yang, 2013
  15. Teleopsis fulviventris Bigot, 1880
  16. Teleopsis guangxiensis Liu, Wu & Yang, 2013
  17. Teleopsis hainanensis Liu, Wu & Yang, 2009
  18. Teleopsis krombeini Feijen, 1998
  19. Teleopsis longiscopium Rondani, 1875
  20. Teleopsis maculata Feijen, 1998
  21. Teleopsis motatrix Osten Sacken, 1882
  22. Teleopsis neglecta Feijen & Feijen, 2020
  23. Teleopsis nitidifacies Feijen, 2011
  24. Teleopsis nitidiscutum Feijen, 2011
  25. Teleopsis onopyxus Séguy, 1949
  26. Teleopsis pallifacies Feijen & Feijen, 2011
  27. Teleopsis pharao Frey, 1928
  28. Teleopsis pseudotruncata Liu, Wu & Yang, 2009
  29. Teleopsis quadriguttata (Walker, 1856)
  30. Teleopsis quinqueguttata (Walker, 1856)
  31. Teleopsis rubicunda Wulp, 1897
  32. Teleopsis selecta Osten Sacken, 1882
  33. Teleopsis sexguttata Brunetti, 1928
  34. Teleopsis shillitoi Tenorio, 1969
  35. Teleopsis similis Liu, Wu & Yang, 2013
  36. Teleopsis sorora Feijen & Feijen, 2020
  37. Teleopsis sykesii (Westwood, 1837)
  38. Teleopsis thaii Földvári & Carr, 2007
  39. Teleopsis trichophoras Meijere, 1916
  40. Teleopsis vadoni (Vanschuytbroeck, 1965)
  41. Teleopsis whitei (Curran, 1936)
  42. Teleopsis wuzhishanensis Liu, Wu & Yang, 2013
  43. Teleopsis yangi Liu, Wu & Yang, 2013
  44. Teleopsis yunnana Yang & Chen, 1998
  45. Teleopsis zhangae Liu, Wu & Yang, 2013
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