Sphyracephala bipunctipennis ( Senior-White, 1922 )

Feijen, Hans R., Feijen, Cobi & O., P., 2019, An annotated catalogue of the stalk-eyed flies (Diopsidae: Diptera) of India with description of new species in Megalabops Frey and Teleopsis Rondani, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 49 (2), pp. 35-72 : 39

Sphyracephala bipunctipennis ( Senior-White, 1922)

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Teleopsis bipunctipennis Senior-White, 1922: 165 , pl. 13, fig. 1 (♂ holotype, 7♀ 4♂ paratypes from Sri Lanka, Suduganga River, Indiganga, on leaves of Liliacrans [sic!] plant, 10.viii.1919 (BMNH)); Descamps 1957: 19; Steyskal 1972: 11.

Pseudodiopsis bipunctipennis (Senior-White) : Shillito 1940: 150; Steyskal 1977: 35.

Sphyracephala bipunctipennis (Senior-White) : Feijen 1989: 67, 1998: 50.

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka.

Remarks: Feijen (1989) placed this species in the Sphyracephala detrahens species-group. Three specimens were examined from Tamil Nadu, Burlier, 38 km S Ooty, 19.xi.2000, I. Yarom (SMNHTAU). This forms the first record for India. Recently, specimens were received from Bhutan that look conspecific, but study of the genitalia is still required for confirmation. Meier and Hilger (2000) reported S. bipunctipennis from Thailand, while Baker et al. (2001) reported S. bipunctipennis from Peninsular Malaysia. However, their specimens could well represent undescribed species.