stalk-eyed fruit flies
The specialized eyes of stalk-eyed fruit flies, perched at the ends of antler-like stems, are common among mollusks and crustaceans, but they show up in just eight fly families. The subtribe Pelmatopina comprises eight species collectively dubbed stalk-eyed fruit flies, including three in the genus Pelmatops. Shown here are a Pelmatops ichneumoneus female (A), P. ichneumoneus male, and P. tangliangi male (C). (Image originally published in Huangfu et al 2022, Annals of the Entomological Society of America)