''Diopsis'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of
stalk-eyed flies: placed in the subfamily
Diopsinae
Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species f ...
and first described by
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
in 1775. Species are recorded from Africa and south-east Asia.
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Species such as ''Diopsis macrophthalma'' (synonym ''D. thoracica'') and ''D. apicalis'' cause significant rice damage by boring into stems: especially in Africa.
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Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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lists:[Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Diopsis'' Linnaeus, 1775]
(retrieved 19 March 2024)
# '' Diopsis abdominalis''
# ''Diopsis absens
''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. th ...
''
# '' Diopsis acanthophthalma''
# '' Diopsis angustifemur''
# '' Diopsis anthracina''
# '' Diopsis apicalis''
# '' Diopsis arabica''
# '' Diopsis aries''
# '' Diopsis atricapilla''
# '' Diopsis atromicans''
# '' Diopsis baigumensis''
# '' Diopsis basalis''
# '' Diopsis chinica''
# '' Diopsis circularis''
# '' Diopsis collaris''
# '' Diopsis confusa''
# '' Diopsis cruciata''
# '' Diopsis curva''
# '' Diopsis dimidiata''
# '' Diopsis diversipes''
# '' Diopsis eisentrauti''
# '' Diopsis erythrocephala''
# '' Diopsis finitima''
# '' Diopsis flavoscutellaris''
# '' Diopsis fumipennis''
# '' Diopsis furcata''
# '' Diopsis globosa''
# '' Diopsis gnu''
# '' Diopsis hoplophora''
# '' Diopsis ichneumonea''
# '' Diopsis indica''
# '' Diopsis leucochira''
# '' Diopsis lindneri''
# '' Diopsis macquartii''
# '' Diopsis macromacula''
# '' Diopsis macrophthalma''
# '' Diopsis maculithorax''
# '' Diopsis melania''
# '' Diopsis micronotata''
# '' Diopsis munroi''
# '' Diopsis neesii''
# '' Diopsis nigra''
# '' Diopsis nigrasplendens''
# '' Diopsis nigriceps''
# '' Diopsis nigrosicus''
# '' Diopsis nitela''
# '' Diopsis orizae''
# '' Diopsis ornata''
# '' Diopsis phlogodes''
# '' Diopsis planidorsum''
# '' Diopsis pollinosa''
# '' Diopsis preapicalis''
# '' Diopsis punctigera''
# '' Diopsis rubriceps''
# '' Diopsis servillei''
# '' Diopsis somaliensis''
# '' Diopsis stuckenbergi''
# '' Diopsis subfasciata''
# '' Diopsis sulcifrons''
# '' Diopsis surcoufi''
# '' Diopsis terminata''
# '' Diopsis trentepohlii''
# '' Diopsis wiedemanni''
Note
''Diopsis'' is a synonym of '' Stylochus'' : a Turbellaria
The Turbellaria are one of the traditional sub-divisions of the phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and include all the sub-groups that are not exclusively parasitic. There are about 4,500 species, which range from to large freshwater forms mo ...
n flatworm in the family Stylochidae
Stylochidae is a family of Polycladida, polyclad flatworms. It includes the species ''Stylochus zebra'', which usually lives in shells occupied by the hermit crab ''Pagurus pollicaris'', though it can sometimes be found free living on rocks and p ...
.GBIF
(retrieved 19 March 2023)
References
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Diopsoidea genera
Diptera of Africa
Diptera of Asia
Insect pests of rice