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Checklist for Family Diopsidae Billberg, 1820 (Stalk-eyed flies)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
846
2770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
65
699
2173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
50
493
1567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
46
428
1383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
33
253
800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Diopsoidea
Billberg, 1820
2
5
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDiopsidae
Billberg, 1820
Stalk-eyed flies, Stalk-eyed fly
4
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
4 Genera with 17 Species
Centrioncus Speiser, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Chaetodiopsis Seguy, 1955
0SpeciesTaxom
Diopsis Linnaeus, 190814SpeciesTaxom
Sphyracephala Say, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
17 Species
Centrioncus bytebieri De Meyer, 2004
Centrioncus decoronotus Feijen, 1983
Diopsis apicalis (Dalman, 1817)⇒ Diopsis indica Westwood, 1837
Diopsis aries Hendel, 1923
Diopsis circularis Macquart, 1835
Diopsis collaris Westwood, 1837
Diopsis confusa Wiedemann, 1830
Diopsis gnu Hendel, 1923
Diopsis hoplophora Hendel, 1923
Diopsis ichneumonea Greene, 1924
Diopsis indica Westwood, 1837
Diopsis munroi Curran, 1929
Diopsis nigra Illiger, 1807
Diopsis phlogodes Melander, 1961
Diopsis somaliensis Johnson, 1898
Diopsis sulcifrons Bezzi, 1908
Sphyracephala beccarii Rondani, 1873

Subnodes of Diopsidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyCentrioncinae
Hennig, 1965
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDiopsinae
Billberg, 1820
2
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Diopsidae at gbif.org
Diopsidae at irmng.org
Diopsidae at itis.gov