Diopsidae

Diopsidae
	Teleopsis sykesii
	Taxonomische indeling
Rijk:	Animalia (Dieren)
Stam:	Arthropoda (Geleedpotigen)
Klasse:	Insecta (Insecten)
Orde:	Diptera (Tweevleugeligen)
Onderorde:	Brachycera (Vliegen)
Superfamilie:	Tanypezoidea
	Familie
	Diopsidae; Bilberg, 1820
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	Diopsidae op Wikispecies
Portaal	Biologie ; Insecten

Diopsidae zijn een familie uit de orde van de tweevleugeligen (Diptera), onderorde vliegen (Brachycera). Wereldwijd omvat deze familie zo'n 14 genera en 194 soorten.

Taxonomie

De volgende geslachten en soorten zijn bij de familie ingedeeld:[1]

Centrioncus

Centrioncus Speiser, 1910[2]
- Typesoort Centrioncus prodiopsis Speiser, 1910[2]
- Centrioncus aberrans Feijen, 1983[3]
- Centrioncus angusticercus Feijen, 1983[3]
- Centrioncus bytebieri De Meyer, 2004[4]
- Centrioncus decellei Feijen, 1983[3]
- Centrioncus decoronotus Feijen, 1983[3]
- Centrioncus jacobae Feijen, 1983[3]
- Centrioncus prodiopsis Speiser, 1910[2]

Cladodiopsis

Cladodiopsis Séguy, 1949
- Cladodiopsis leptophylla Séguy, 1949
- Cladodiopsis seyrigi Séguy, 1949
- Cladodiopsis sicardi Séguy, 1949

Cyrtodiopsis

Cyrtodiopsis Frey, 1928
- Cyrtodiopsis concava Yang & Chen, 1998
- Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni (Wiedemann, 1830)
- Cyrtodiopsis guangxiensis Liu, Wu & Yang, 2013
- Cyrtodiopsis plauta Yang & Chen, 1998
- Cyrtodiopsis pseudoconcava Liu, Wu & Yang, 2009
- Cyrtodiopsis quinqueguttata (Walker, 1856)
- Cyrtodiopsis yunnanensis Liu, Wu & Yang, 2009
- Cyrtodiopsis whitei (Curran, 1936)

Synoniemen

Cyrtodiopsis africana Shillito, 1940 = Diopsina africana (Shillito, 1940)
Cyrtodiopsis currani Shillito, 1940 =[5] Teleopsis currani (Shillito, 1940)

Diasemopsis

Diasemopsis Rondani, 1875
- Diasemopsis aethiopica (Rondani, 1873)
- Diasemopsis albifacies Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis amora Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis apicifasciata Brunetti, 1928
- Diasemopsis comoroensis Carr & Foeldvari, 2006[6]
- Diasemopsis concolor (Westwood, 1837)
- Diasemopsis coniortodes (Speiser, 1910)[2]
- Diasemopsis conjuncta Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis dejecta Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis disconcerta Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis dubia (Bigot, 1874)
- Diasemopsis elegantula Brunetti, 1926
- Diasemopsis elongata Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis exquisita Brunetti, 1928
- Diasemopsis fasciata (Gray, 1832)
- Diasemopsis fusca Lindner, 1954
- Diasemopsis fuscapicis Brunetti, 1928
- Diasemopsis fuscivenis (Brunetti, 1926)
- Diasemopsis hirsuta Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis hirta Lindner, 1954
- Diasemopsis horni Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis incerta Eggers, 1916
- Diasemopsis interrupta Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis jeanneli Seguy, 1938
- Diasemopsis jillyi Feijen, 1978
- Diasemopsis latifascia (Brunetti, 1928)
- Diasemopsis longipedunculata Brunetti, 1928
- Diasemopsis meigenii (Westwood 1837)
- Diasemopsis minuta (Seguy, 1955)
- Diasemopsis munroi Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis nebulosa Curan, 1931
- Diasemopsis obscura (Westwood, 1837)
- Diasemopsis obstans (Walker, 1861)
- Diasemopsis pleuritica Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis pulchella Eggers, 1916
- Diasemopsis quadrata Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis robusta Brunetti, 1926
- Diasemopsis sexnotata Brunetti, 1928
- Diasemopsis siderata Seguy, 1955
- Diasemopsis signata (Dalman, 1817)
- Diasemopsis silvatica Eggers, 1916
- Diasemopsis subfuscata Brunetti, 1926
- Diasemopsis thaxteri Curran, 1931
- Diasemopsis thomyris (Seguy 1955)
- Diasemopsis wolteri Lindner, 1954

Diopsina

Diopsina Curran, 1928
- Diopsina draconigena Feijen, 1981
- Diopsina ferruginea (Curran, 1955)
- Diopsina ferruginea Curran, 1928
- Diopsina fluegeli Feijen & Feijen, 2013[7]
- Diopsina intermedia Feijen, 1984
- Diopsina kwaipai Feijen, 1981
- Diopsina nitida (Adams 1903)
- Diopsina schulteni Feijen, 1978
Cyrtodiopsis africana Shillito, 1940 = Diopsina africana (Shillito, 1940)

Diopsis

Diopsis Linnaeus, 1775
- Typesoort: Diopsis ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1775
- Diopsis abdominalis Westwood, 1837[8] (Nomen dubium)
- Diopsis absens Brunetti, 1926[9]
- Diopsis acanthophthalma Eggers, 1925[10]
- Diopsis angustifemur Brunetti, 1926[9]
- Diopsis anthracina Brunetti, 1928[11]
- Diopsis apicalis Dalman, 1817[12]
  - = Diopsis tenuipes Westwood, 1837[8]
- Diopsis arabica
- Diopsis aries
- Diopsis aterrima Brunetti, 1926[9][13]
- Diopsis atricapilla Guerin-Meneville, 1835[14]
  - =[15] Diopsis fumipennis Westwood, 1837[8]
  - = Diopsis atricapillus Guérin-Méneville, 1835
- Diopsis atromicans Speiser, 1910[16]
- Diopsis baigumensis Séguy, 1955
- Diopsis basalis Brunetti, 1926[9]
- Diopsis chinica Yang & Chen, 1998[17]
- Diopsis circularis Macquart, 1835
- Diopsis collaris Westwood, 1837[8]
- Diopsis confusa
- Diopsis cruciata Curran, 1934[18]
- Diopsis curva
- Diopsis dimidiata
- Diopsis diversipes Curran, 1928
- Diopsis eisentrauti Lindner, 1962[19]
- Diopsis erythrocephala
- Diopsis fascifera Eggers, 1925[10]
  - = Diopsis fumipennis Westwood, 1837 var. fascifera Eggers 1925[10]
- Diopsis finitima
- Diopsis flavoscutellaris Brunetti, 1928[11]
- Diopsis furcata
- Diopsis globosa
- Diopsis gnu Hendel, 1923[20]
- Diopsis hoplophora
- Diopsis ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1775
- Diopsis indica Westwood, 1837[8]
  - = Diopsis graminicola Doleschall, 1857[21]
  - = Diopsis apicalis Doleschall, 1856[22]
- Diopsis leucochira
- Diopsis lindneri Feijen, 1978[23]
- Diopsis longicornis Macquart, 1835
  - = Diopsis thoracica Westwood, 1837
  - = Diopsis phlogodes Hendel, 1923[20]
- Diopsis macquartii
  - = Diopsis conspicua Eggers, 1925[10]
- Diopsis macromacula Brunetti, 1926[9]
- Diopsis macrophthalma
- Diopsis maculithorax Brunetti, 1928[11]
- Diopsis malawiensis Feijen & Feijen, 2009[24]
- Diopsis melania Eggers, 1925[10]
- Diopsis micronotata Brunetti, 1926[9]
- Diopsis munroi Curran, 1929
- Diopsis neesii
- Diopsis nigra
- Diopsis nigrasplendens Feijen, 1984[25]
- Diopsis nigriceps Eggers, 1925[10]
- Diopsis nigrosicus
- Diopsis nitela Séguy, 1955
- Diopsis orizae
- Diopsis ornata Westwood, 1837
- Diopsis planidorsum
- Diopsis pollinosa Adams, 1903
- Diopsis preapicalis Speiser, 1910[16]
- Diopsis punctiger Westwood, 1837[8]
  - = Diopsis trentepohlii Westwood, 1837
- Diopsis rubriceps Eggers, 1925[10]
- Diopsis servillei
- Diopsis somaliensis
- Diopsis stuckenbergi Feijen & Feijen, 2012[15]
- Diopsis subfasciata
- Diopsis sulcifrons
- Diopsis surcoufi Séguy, 1955[26]
- Diopsis terminata
- Diopsis vanbruggeni Feijen & Feijen, 2009[24]
- Diopsis wiedemanni

Eosiopsis

Eosiopsis Feijen, 2008[27]
- Typesoort: Diopsis sinensis Ôuchi, 1942[28]
- = Sinodiopsis Feijen, 1989: 112.[29] Type species Diopsis sinensis Ôuchi, 1942. Preoccupied by Eames (1957: 64).
- = Sinodiopsis Yang & Chen, 1996: 470 (Chinese), 478 (English) (not Feijen, 1989). syn. nov.[30] Type species Diopsis sinensis Ôuchi, 1942.[28]
- Eosiopsis orientalis (Ôuchi, 1942)[28][27]
  - = Diopsis orientalis Ôuchi, 1942: 46.[28]
  - = Cyrtodiopsis orientalis (Ôuchi): Steyskal (1972: 4).[31]
  - = Sinodiopsis orientalis (Ôuchi): Feijen (1989: 112).[29]
  - = Sinodiopsis orientalis (Ôuchi): Yang & Chen (1996: 471 (Chinese), 478 (English) (not Feijen, 1989).[30]
- Eosiopsis pumila (Yang & Chen, 1996)[27]
  - = Sinodiopsis pumila Yang & Chen, 1996: 471 (Chinese), 478 (English).[30]
- Eosiopsis sinensis (Ôuchi, 1942)[28][27]
  - = Diopsis sinensis Ôuchi, 1942: 45.[28]
  - = Cyrtodiopsis sinensis (Ôuchi): Steyskal (1972: 4).[31]
  - = Sinodiopsis sinensis (Ôuchi): Feijen (1989: 112).[29]
  - = Sinodiopsis sinensis (Ôuchi): Yang & Chen (1996: 471 (Chinese), 479 (English) (not Feijen, 1989).[30]

Eurydiopsis

Eurydiopsis Frey, 1928
- Eurydiopsis argentifera (Bigot, 1874)
  - = Diopsis argentifera Bigot, 1874
- Eurydiopsis brevispinus Feijen, 1999
- Eurydiopsis conflata Yang & Chen, 1998
- Eurydiopsis glabrostylus Feijen, 1999
- Eurydiopsis helsdingeni Feijen, 1999
- Eurydiopsis pachya Chen & Wang, 2006
- Eurydiopsis porphyria Chen & Wang, 2006
- Eurydiopsis pseudohelsdingeni Chen & Wang, 2006
- Eurydiopsis sarawakensis Feijen, 1999
- Eurydiopsis subnotata (Westwood, 1847)
  - = Diopsis subnotata Westwood, 1847

Prosphyracephala

† Prosphyracephala Hennig, 1965[32]
- † Prosphyracephala kerneggeri Kotrba, 2009[33]
- † Prosphyracephala rubiensis Lewis, 1971[34]
- † Prosphyracephala succini (Loew, 1873)[35]
  - =[32] † Sphyracephala succini Loew, 1873[35]
  - =[32][36] † Sphyracephala breviata Meunier, 1903[37]

Pseudodiopsis

Pseudodiopsis Hendel, 1917
- Pseudodiopsis bipunctipennis (Senior-White, 1922)
- Pseudodiopsis detrahens (Walker, 1860)

Sphyracephala

Sphyracephala Say, 1828
- Sphyracephala beccarii (Rondani, 1873)
- Sphyracephala brevicornis (Say, 1817)
- Sphyracephala europaea Papp & Foldvari, 1997
- Sphyracephala hearseiana (Westwood, 1844)
- Sphyracephala munroi Curran, 1928
- Sphyracephala subbifasciata Fitch, 1855

Teleopsis

Teleopsis Rondani, 1875
- Teleopsis adjacens Brunetti, 1928
- Teleopsis africana (Shillito, 1940)
- Teleopsis anjahanaribei (Vanschuytbroeck, 1965)
- Teleopsis apographica (Seguy, 1949)
- Teleopsis apollo (Brunetti, 1928)
- Teleopsis boettcheri Frey, 1928
- Teleopsis cheni Yang & Chen, 1998
- Teleopsis currani (Shillito, 1940)[38]
  - = Cyrtodiopsis currani Shillito, 1940
- Teleopsis dalmanni (Wiedemann, 1830)
  - = Diopsis dalmanni Wiedemann 1830
- Teleopsis discrepans (Walker, 1856)
- Teleopsis fallax (Bigot, 1874)
- Teleopsis ferruginea (Roeder, 1893)
- Teleopsis fulviventris Bigot, 1880
- Teleopsis krombeini Feijen, 1998
- Teleopsis maculata Feijen, 1998
- Teleopsis motatrix Osten Sacken, 1882
- Teleopsis onopyxus Seguy, 1949
- Teleopsis pharao Frey, 1928
- Teleopsis quadriguttata (Walker, 1856)
- Teleopsis quinqueguttata (Walker, 1856)
- Teleopsis rubicunda Wulp, 1897
- Teleopsis selecta Osten Sacken, 1882
- Teleopsis sexguttata Brunetti, 1928
- Teleopsis shillitoi Tenorio, 1969
- Teleopsis sykesii (Westwood, 1837)
- Teleopsis thaii Foldvari & Carr, 2007[39]
- Teleopsis trichophoras Meijere, 1916
- Teleopsis vadoni (Vanschuytbroeck, 1965)
- Teleopsis whitei (Curran, 1936)
  - = Diopsis whitei Curran 1936[40]
- Teleopsis yunnana Yang & Chen, 1998

Teloglabrus

Teloglabrus Feijen, 1983[3]
- Typesoort: Teloglabrus sanorum Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus australis Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus curvipes Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus duplospinosus Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus entabensis Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus lebombensis Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus londti Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus milleri Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus pelecyformis Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus prolongatus Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus sabiensis Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus sanorum Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus stuckenbergi Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus trituberculatus Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus tsitsikamensis Feijen, 1983[3]
- Teloglabrus vumbensis Feijen, 1983[3]

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

Niet compleet, volgens zootaxa 3148 moeten het er 14 zijn
Speiser, P. (1910) Diptera 5. Cyclorrhapha, Aschiza.—Wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-06 (Y. SJOSTEDT ed.), 10: 113-202.
Feijen, H.R. (1983) Systematics and phylogeny of Centrioncidae, a new afromontane family of Diptera (Schizophora). Zoologische verhandelingen, (202) Abstract and full article (PDF)
Meyer, M. de, (2004) A new Centrioncus (Diptera, Diopsidae, Centrioncinae) species from the Taita Hills, Kenya.― Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 1: 25-29.
Zootaxa 1620
Zootaxa 1211: 1–19 (2006)
Feijen, H.R. & Feijen, C. (2013) A revision of the genus Diopsina Curran (Diptera, Diopsidae) with description of a new species from Guinea-Bissau. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 156(2-3): 161-189. DOI:10.1163/22119434-00002029
Westwood, J. O. (1837) On Diopsis, a genus of dipterous insects, with descriptions of twenty-one species. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 283-313.
Brunetti, E. (1926) New species of Diopsidae (Diptera) from the Belgian Congo. Revue zool. afr. 14: 73-84
Eggers, F. O. (1925) Diopsiden aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mit einen Nachwort uber die Stielaugen der Diopsiden. Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.) 49: 469-500.
Brunetti, E. (1928) Revisionary notes on the Diopsidae (Diptera). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 2: 266-285.
Dalman, J. W. (1817) Anmarkningar vid slagtet Diopsis, jemte beskrifningar och teckningar pa trenne dnithorande nya arter. K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 1817: 211-219
Feijen, H.R. (1984) Diopsis nigrasplendens, a new species of Diopsidae (Diptera).― Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 58(21): 335-340; geeft aan: Séguy (1955) considered aterrima a junior synonym of acanthophthalma, a view that was followed by Steyskal (1972) and Cogan and Shillito (1980). However, as they clearly belong to different groups, this synonymy has now to be rejected.
Guerin-Meneville, F. E. (1829-1844) Insectes. 576 pp., 104 pls. In his Iconographie du regne animal de G. Cuvier, ou representation d'apres nature de l'une des epeces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. J. B. Bailliere, Paris.
Feijen, H. R. & Feijen, C. (2012) A new species of Diopsis L. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from South Africa and Swaziland, and brief review of African species with a large apical wing spot. African Invertebrates, 53(1), Jun 2012: 125-142.
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Wordt in Zootaxa 1620 geplaatst van Cyrtodiopsis naar Teleopsis
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[1] Niet compleet, volgens zootaxa 3148 moeten het er 14 zijn

[Speiser-2] Speiser, P. (1910) Diptera 5. Cyclorrhapha, Aschiza.—Wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-06 (Y. SJOSTEDT ed.), 10: 113-202.

[Feijen1983-3] Feijen, H.R. (1983) Systematics and phylogeny of Centrioncidae, a new afromontane family of Diptera (Schizophora). Zoologische verhandelingen, (202) Abstract and full article (PDF)

[4] Meyer, M. de, (2004) A new Centrioncus (Diptera, Diopsidae, Centrioncinae) species from the Taita Hills, Kenya.― Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 1: 25-29.

[5] Zootaxa 1620

[6] Zootaxa 1211: 1–19 (2006)

[7] Feijen, H.R. & Feijen, C. (2013) A revision of the genus Diopsina Curran (Diptera, Diopsidae) with description of a new species from Guinea-Bissau. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 156(2-3): 161-189. DOI:10.1163/22119434-00002029

[Westwood1837a-8] Westwood, J. O. (1837) On Diopsis, a genus of dipterous insects, with descriptions of twenty-one species. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 283-313.

[Brunetti1926-9] Brunetti, E. (1926) New species of Diopsidae (Diptera) from the Belgian Congo. Revue zool. afr. 14: 73-84

[Eggers1925-10] Eggers, F. O. (1925) Diopsiden aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mit einen Nachwort uber die Stielaugen der Diopsiden. Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.) 49: 469-500.

[Brunetti1928-11] Brunetti, E. (1928) Revisionary notes on the Diopsidae (Diptera). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 2: 266-285.

[12] Dalman, J. W. (1817) Anmarkningar vid slagtet Diopsis, jemte beskrifningar och teckningar pa trenne dnithorande nya arter. K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 1817: 211-219

[Feijen1984b-13] Feijen, H.R. (1984) Diopsis nigrasplendens, a new species of Diopsidae (Diptera).― Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 58(21): 335-340; geeft aan: Séguy (1955) considered aterrima a junior synonym of acanthophthalma, a view that was followed by Steyskal (1972) and Cogan and Shillito (1980). However, as they clearly belong to different groups, this synonymy has now to be rejected.

[14] Guerin-Meneville, F. E. (1829-1844) Insectes. 576 pp., 104 pls. In his Iconographie du regne animal de G. Cuvier, ou representation d'apres nature de l'une des epeces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. J. B. Bailliere, Paris.

[FeijenFeijen2012-15] Feijen, H. R. & Feijen, C. (2012) A new species of Diopsis L. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from South Africa and Swaziland, and brief review of African species with a large apical wing spot. African Invertebrates, 53(1), Jun 2012: 125-142.

[Speiser1910-16] Speiser, P. (1910) 5. Cyclorapha. Pp. 113-198. In Sjostedt, Y. (ed.), Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen, Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. P. Palmquists Aktiebolag, Stockholm. Vol. 2, part 10, 202 pp., 2 pls

[17] Yang, C. & Chen, H. (1998) Diopsidae of China (Diptera). Pp. 464-479. In Xue, W. & Chao, C. (eds.), Flies of China. Vol. 1. Liaoning Science & Technology Press, Shenyang

[18] Curran, C. H. (1934) Notes and descriptions of African Diptera. Amer. Mus. Novit. 710, 16 pp.

[19] Lindner, E. (1962) Studien an afrikanischen Diopsiden (Dipt.). (Zugleich Ergebnisse der Forschungsreise Lindner 1948/59--Nr. 15). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. 94: 1-18

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