Diopsis cruciata Curran, 1934

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 : 139

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.053.0107
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917511
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038B87E7-4B46-9343-FE31-FC64FDBDBD6B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Diopsis cruciata Curran, 1934
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Diopsis cruciata Curran, 1934 View in CoL

Diopsis cruciata: Curran 1934: 15 View in CoL (Holotype and one paratype from Democratic Republic of Congo, but five paratypes from Zimbabwe and one paratype from Uganda).

Distribution:? Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Notes: Given the presence of several D. cruciata -like species in eastern Africa it is likely that the type series represents more than one species. The various species with a pruinose cross on the scutellum can be distinguished by the shape of the surstyli and by subtle differences in wing pattern.