Diopsis punctiger Westwood, 1837

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 : 140-141

Diopsis punctiger Westwood, 1837

Diopsis punctiger: Westwood 1837 a: 302 (Type locality: West Africa); Feijen 1987: 412; Feijen & Feijen 2009: 703.

Diopsis trentepohlii Westwood, 1837 b: 546 (Type locality: “ Guineâ ”).

Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

Notes: Diopsis punctiger is one of the easiest species to distinguish, due to its large, strong and erect, black scutellar spines.The scutum has a roughened surface medially and a transverse pruinose fascia. The surstyli are hairbrush-shaped and abruptly broadening apically, with numerous setulae on the inner margin of the broad apical section. The central infuscation of the wing is very dark in this species.