Diopsis finitima Eggers, 1916
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diopsis finitima Eggers, 1916
- Name authority
- Eggers, 1916
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Diopsidae
- Genus
- Diopsis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderDiptera
- familyDiopsidae
- genusDiopsis Linnaeus, 1775
- speciesDiopsis finitima Eggers, 1916
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diopsis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diopsis abdominalis Westwood, 1835 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis absens Brunetti, 1926 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis acanthophthalma Eggers, 1925 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis arabica Westwood, 1837 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis aries Hendel, 1923 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis atricapilla Guérin, 1836 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis circularis Macquart, 1835 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis dimidiata Curran, 1929 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis flavoscutellaris Brunetti, 1928 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis furcata Macquart, 1846 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis gnu Hendel, 1923 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopsis ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1775 | DiopsidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Diopsis finitima var. pareensis Lindner, 1954 Lindner, 1954 | synonym |
| Diopsis finitima var. kilimandjaroensis Lindner, 1954 Lindner, 1954 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Eggers, F.O. (1916) On some new and incompletely known species of the family Diopsidae from British East Africa. In Scientific Results of the Zoological Expedition in British East Africa and Uganda made by prof. V. Dogiel and I. Sokolow in the year 1914. I (6), 32 pp. [1916.??.??].Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36BM3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.