Diopsoidea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diopsoidea |
||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A stalk-eyed fly from Cameroon
|
||||||||||||||||
Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Diopsidae - stalk-eyed flies |
The Diopsoidea is a small but diverse cosmopolitan superfamily of acalyptrate muscoids, especially prevalent in the tropics. There is some flux in the family constituency of this group, and the final classification is likely to require the use of molecular systematics.
This article related to members of the insect order Diptera ("true flies") is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |