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Diopsis, a Common card
Diopsis is the type genus of stalk-eyed flies: placed in the subfamily Diopsinae and first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1775.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 45
- DEF
- 18
- Power
- 63
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 700
Power 63 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Diopsis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diopsis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Species are ______ from Africa and south-east Asia.
Answer
recorded. Species are recorded from Africa and south-east Asia. From the Diopsis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Diopsis is the type genus of stalk-eyed flies: placed in the subfamily Diopsinae and first described by Carl Linnaeus in ____.
Answer
1770s. Diopsis is the type genus of stalk-eyed flies: placed in the subfamily Diopsinae and first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1775. From the Diopsis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Diopsis. Diopsis 45 · Oxyloma 42 · Lapara bombycoides 38 · Esomus metallicus 33 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Species are recorded from Africa and south-east Asia.
- Species such as Diopsis macrophthalma and D. apicalis cause significant rice damage by boring into stems: especially in Africa.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diopsis article was read about 700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 45 and blocks with 18: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Diopsis
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The cards just above and just below Diopsis in the power ranking, all domains together.
- OxylomaCommon · Nature · ATK 42 DEF 21
- DonbassCommon · History · ATK 45 DEF 18
- Esomus metallicusCommon · Nature · ATK 33 DEF 30
- Saburo ShiroyamaCommon · Arts · ATK 39 DEF 24
- Ban Mo districtCommon · Society · ATK 44 DEF 19
- Berik ImashevCommon · History · ATK 46 DEF 17
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diopsis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alandmanson, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
