Eurydiopsis argentifera ( Bigot, 1874 )

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 : 47-48

Eurydiopsis argentifera ( Bigot, 1874)

Diopsis argentifera Bigot, 1874: 112 (two ‘cotypes’ (1♂, 1?), Indonesia, Sulawesi (OXUM)).

Diopsis argentifera Bigot (as junior synonym of Diopsis subnotata Westwood, 1848 ): Bigot 1881: 373; Osten Sacken 1882: 237; Van der Wulp 1896: 171, 1897: 192; Kertész 1899: 183; Brunetti 1907: 164; Frey 1928: 70 (as subgenus Eurydiopsis ).

Eurydiopsis argentifera (Bigot) (as junior synonym of Eurydiopsis subnotata (Westwood)) : Steyskal 1972: 11.

Eurydiopsis argentifera (Bigot) (as valid species, not synonymous with E. subnotata ): Feijen 1999: 227.

Distribution: Indonesia, India ( Nicobar Islands, Nancowry), Peninsular Malaya.

Remarks: This species has not earlier been recorded from India. In BMNH, 1♀ Eurydiopsis from India, Nicobars Nankaurie (= Nancowry), iv.1904, was cursorily examined. The external characters agreed with the diagnosis of E. argentifera . Given also the proximity of the location to both Peninsular Malaya and Sumatra, where E. argentifera is known to occur, it seems most likely that the specimen represents this species.