Diopsis is the type genus of stalk-eyed flies: placed in the subfamily Diopsinae and first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1775.Linnaeus C (1775) Dissertatio entomologica, bigas insectorum sistens. Edmann, Upsaliæ. 1-7. 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.
Species The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Diopsis Linnaeus, 1775 (retrieved 19 March 2024)
Diopsis abdominalis Diopsis absens 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 Turbellarian flatworm in the family Stylochidae.GBIF (retrieved 19 March 2023)
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