DIOPSINAE, Billberg, 1820
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Subfamily DIOPSINAE
The Diopsidae , or stalk-eyed flies, is a comparatively small acalyptrate family of nearly
200–300 species in 11 to 14 genera ( Feijen, 1989). The family is remarkable for having most species with hypercephalic features and exhibits the greatest diversity in the Old World, particularly in the tropical and subtropical parts of Africa followed by Southeast Asia, with few species in the Palaearctic Region ( Papp et al., 1997; Hauser et al., 2011). Two species are known in the temperate eastern North America, with one of them being recorded as far west as Wyoming ( Stoaks, Shaw, 2011).
Feijen, H. R. Diopsidae // Flies of the Nearctic Region / Ed. G. C. D. Griffiths. - Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1989. - 122 p.
Hauser, M., Deeming, J. C., Stuke, J. - H. Order Diptera, family Diopsidae // Arthropod fauna of the UAE. Vol. 4. - Iver: Pemberley Natural History Books, 2011. - P. 765 - 768.
Papp, L., Foldvari, M., Paulovics, P. Sphyracephala europaea sp. n. (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Hungary represents a family new to Europe // Folia entomologicae hungaricae. - 1997. - 58. - P. 137 - 146.
Stoaks, R. D., Shaw, S. R. Rediscovery and range extension of the stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala subbifasciata Fitch (Diptera: Diopsidae) in Colorado and Wyoming // Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. - 2011. - 84, is. 3. - P. 232 - 234.
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