Diopsis lindneri Feijen, 1978

Feijen, Hans R. & Feijen, Cobi, 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), pp. 125-125 : 138

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.053.0107
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B87E7-4B45-9343-FE05-FA5FFC87B90C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Diopsis lindneri Feijen, 1978
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Diopsis lindneri Feijen, 1978 View in CoL

Diopsis lindneri: Feijen 1978: 8 View in CoL (Type locality: Togo).

Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Togo. Notes: The species can be recognised by the shape of the apical wing spot (distinctly extending proximally in r 4+5), two white spots in cells r 2+3 and r 4+5 proximal of the dark apical wing spot, glossy collar, marginal pruinosity pattern on scutum (only very narrow pruinose facia anteriorly of scuto-scutellar suture and laterally some pruinosity anteriorly of the intrascutal suture), glossy black scutellum, straight, apically tapering surstyli wholly covered with microtrichia, except apically, long and very slender ♂ cerci, U-shaped ♀ sternum 7 and rounded spermathecae.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Diopsidae
Genus	Diopsis