''Diasemopsis'' is a genus of stalk-eyed flies in the

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Diopsidae 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 fr ...

. They are known from sub-Saharan

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Species

*'' D. aethiopica'' ( Rondani, 1873) *'' D. albifacies'' Curran, 1931 (Central Africa) *'' D. amora'' Curran, 1931 (Zimbabwe) *'' D. apifasciata'' Brunetti, 1928 (Ghana) *'' D. comoroensis'' Carr & Foeldvari, 2006 *'' D. concolor'' ( Westwood, 1837) (Zimbabwe) *'' D. coniortodes'' (

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, 1910) (Tanzania) *'' D. conjuncta'' Curran, 1931 (Cameroon) *'' D. dejecta'' Curran, 1931 (Congo) *'' D. disconcerta'' Curran, 1931 (Liberia, Cameroon) *'' D. dubia'' ( Bigot, 1874) *'' D. elegantula'' Brunetti, 1926 (Congo, South Africa) *'' D. elongata'' Curran, 1931 (Liberia, Cameroon, Congo) *'' D. exquisita'' Brunetti, 1928 (Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo) *'' D. fasciata'' (Gray, 1832) *'' D. fusca''

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, 1954 (Tanzania) *'' D. fuscapicis'' Brunetti, 1928 (Cameroon, Gabon) *'' D. fuscivenis'' Brunetti, 1926 (Congo) *'' D. hirsuta'' Curran, 1931 (Congo) *'' D. hirta''

, 1954 (Tanzania) *'' D. horni'' Curran, 1931 *'' D. jeanneli'' Séguy, 1938 *'' D. jillyi'' Feijen, 1978 (Congo) *'' D. latifascia'' ( Brunetti, 1928) *'' D. longipedunculata'' Brunetti, 1928 *'' D. meigenii'' ( Westwood, 1837) (Widespread Afrotropical Region) *'' D. minuta'' ( Séguy, 1955) (Cameroun, Ivory Coast) *'' D. munroi'' Curran, 1931 (South Africa) *'' D. nebulosa'' Curran, 1931 *'' D. obscura'' ( Westwood, 1837) (Sierra Leone) *'' D. obstans'' ( Walker, 1861) (South Africa) *'' D. pleuritica'' Curran, 1931 (Congo, Zambia) *'' D. pulchella'' Eggers, 1916 (Uganda, Cameroun) *'' D. quadrata'' Curran, 1931 *'' D. robusta'' Brunetti, 1926 (Congo) *'' D. sexnotata'' Brunetti, 1928 (Gabon) *'' D. siderata'' Séguy, 1955 (Ivory Coast) *'' D. signata'' ( Dalman, 1817) (Sierra Leone, Congo) *'' D. silvatica'' Eggers, 1916 *'' D. subfuscata'' Brunetti, 1926 (Congo) *'' D. thaxteri'' Curran, 1931 (Cameroun) *'' D. thomyris'' ( Séguy, 1955) *'' D. wolteri''

, 1954 (Tanzania, Congo)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5272069 Diopsidae Diptera of Africa Diopsoidea genera Taxa named by Camillo Rondani