Teleopsis | |
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Teleopsis amnoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Diopsidae |
Subfamily: | Diopsinae |
Genus: | Teleopsis Rondani, 1875 |
Type species | |
Diopsis sykesii Westwood, 1837 | |
Synonyms | |
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 and several others as yet are to be described. [2]
Several species were placed previously in the similar genus Cyrtodiopsis ; the Global Biodiversity Information Facility includes: [3]
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 from other families such as Drosophilidae, Platystomatidae, Richardiidae, and Tephritidae have similar heads, but the unique character of the Diopsidae is that their antennae are located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in all other flies. Stalked eyes are present in all members of the subfamily Diopsinae, but are absent in the Centrioncinae, which retain unstalked eyes similar to those of other flies. The stalked eyes are usually sexually dimorphic, with eyestalks present but shorter in females.
The Limnophilinae are a subfamily of tipulid crane flies. Some authors still use the name Hexatominae for this subfamily.
Milesia is a genus of very large hoverflies, which mimic social wasps. For example, the European species Milesia crabroniformis is a convincing mimic of the hornet species Vespa crabro. Milesia are predominantly Palaeotropical in distribution almost entirely Oriental.
Diasemopsis is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae. They are known from sub-Saharan Africa.
Hybos is a genus of hybotid flies.
Sphyracephala is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae, with records from Africa, Europe, Asia and N. America.
Celyphus is a genus of beetle flies. It is known from the Oriental and Afrotropical realms. Up to 1859, all species of beetle flies were placed in this genus.
Rachicerus is a genus of flies in the family Xylophagidae.
Solva is a fly genus in the family Xylomyidae, the "wood soldier flies".
Teleopsis sykesii is the type species of the genus Teleopsis of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae, and was described from India.
Eosiopsis is a genus of Asian stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae.
Cyrtodiopsis is a genus of South-east Asian stalk-eyed flies in the subfamily Diopsinae.
Diopsina is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae.
Eurydiopsis is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae. from Malesia'
Xylomya is a fly genus in the family Xylomyidae, the "wood soldier flies".
Acrocera is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Allognosta is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Teleopsis amnoni is a species of stalk-eyed fly found in the Western Ghats of India. The species was described by Feijen & Feijen in 2019 and said to be closely related to Teleopsis sykesii from which it can be distinguished by the clear tip to the wing apart from other characters. The species is known from India, in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra.
Suragina is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae.
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.