Diopsis
Appearance
Diopsis | |
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Diopsis stuckenbergi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Diopsidae |
Subfamily: | Diopsinae |
Genus: | Diopsis Linnaeus, 1775 |
Diopsis is the type genus of stalk-eyed flies: placed in the subfamily Diopsinae and first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1775.[1] Species are recorded from Africa and south-east Asia.[2]
Species such as Diopsis macrophthalma (synonym D. thoracica) and D. apicalis cause significant rice damage by boring into stems: especially in Africa.[citation needed]
Species
[edit]The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]
- Diopsis abdominalis Westwood, 1835
- Diopsis absens Brunetti, 1926
- Diopsis acanthophthalma Eggers, 1925
- Diopsis angustifemur Brunetti, 1926
- Diopsis anthracina Brunetti, 1928
- Diopsis apicalis Dalman, 1817
- Diopsis arabica Westwood, 1837
- Diopsis aries Hendel, 1923
- Diopsis atricapilla Guérin, 1836
- Diopsis atromicans Speiser, 1910
- Diopsis baigumensis Séguy, 1955
- Diopsis basalis Brunetti, 1926
- Diopsis chinica Yang & Chen, 1998
- Diopsis circularis Macquart, 1835
- Diopsis collaris Westwood, 1835
- Diopsis confusa Wiedemann, 1830
- Diopsis cruciata Curran, 1934
- Diopsis curva Bertoloni, 1861
- Diopsis dimidiata Curran, 1929
- Diopsis diversipes Curran, 1928
- Diopsis eisentrauti Lindner, 1962
- Diopsis erythrocephala Westwood, 1837
- Diopsis finitima Eggers, 1916
- Diopsis flavoscutellaris Brunetti, 1928
- Diopsis fumipennis Westwood, 1835
- Diopsis furcata Macquart, 1846
- Diopsis globosa Curran, 1931
- Diopsis gnu Hendel, 1923
- Diopsis hoplophora Hendel, 1923
- Diopsis ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1775
- Diopsis indica Westwood, 1835
- Diopsis leucochira Bezzi, 1908
- Diopsis lindneri Feijen, 1978
- Diopsis macquartii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
- Diopsis macromacula Brunetti, 1926
- Diopsis macrophthalma Dalman, 1817
- Diopsis maculithorax Brunetti, 1928
- Diopsis melania Eggers, 1925
- Diopsis micronotata Brunetti, 1926
- Diopsis munroi Curran, 1929
- Diopsis neesii Westwood, 1837
- Diopsis nigra Illiger, 1807
- Diopsis nigrasplendens Feijen, 1984
- Diopsis nigriceps Eggers, 1925
- Diopsis nigrosicus Séguy, 1949
- Diopsis nitela Séguy, 1955
- Diopsis orizae Séguy, 1955
- Diopsis ornata Westwood, 1837
- Diopsis phlogodes Hendel, 1923
- Diopsis planidorsum Hendel, 1923
- Diopsis pollinosa Adams, 1903
- Diopsis preapicalis Speiser, 1910
- Diopsis punctigera Westwood, 1835
- Diopsis rubriceps Eggers, 1925
- Diopsis servillei Macquart, 1844
- Diopsis somaliensis Johnson, 1898
- Diopsis stuckenbergi Feijen & Feijen, 2012
- Diopsis subfasciata Macquart, 1844
- Diopsis sulcifrons Bezzi, 1908
- Diopsis surcoufi Séguy, 1955
- Diopsis terminata Macquart, 1846
- Diopsis trentepohlii Westwood, 1837
- Diopsis wiedemanni Westwood, 1837
Note
[edit]Diopsis Diesing, 1862 is a synonym of Stylochus Ehrenberg, 1831: a Turbellarian flatworm in the family Stylochidae.[3]