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Platystomatidae (picture-winged flies)

Synonyms: Ceroxys ethiopia

Wikipedia Abstract

The Platystomatidae (signal flies) are a distinctive family of flies (Diptera). Signal flies are worldwide in distribution, found in all the ecozones, but predominate in the tropics. It is one of the larger families of acalyptrate Diptera with around 1200 species in 119 genera.
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Genus

Acanthoneuropsis (6)
Achias (96)
Aetha (1)
Agadasys (2)
Aglaioptera (1)
Agrochira (13)
Amphicnephes (3)
Angelopteromyia (4)
Angitula (12)
Antineura (8)
Apactoneura (1)
Apiola (2)
Asyntona (3)
Atopocnema (4)
Atopognathus (11)
Bama (3)
Boisduvalia (1)
Brea (9)
Bromophila (1)
Chaetorivellia (1)
Cladoderris (4)
Cleitamia (17)
Cleitamoides (3)
Clitodoca (1)
Coelocephala (5)
Conicipithea (1)
Conopariella (12)
Dayomyia (1)
Duomyia (81)
Elassogaster (25)
Engistoneura (8)
Eosamphicnephes (1)
Eudasys (1)
Eumeka (2)
Euprosopia (100)
Eurprosopia (2)
Eurypalpus (2)
Euthyplatystoma (6)
Euxestomoea (3)
Federleyella (2)
Furcamyia (3)
Guamomyia (1)
Himeroessa (1)
Hysma (1)
Icteracantha (4)
Imugana (2)
Inium (2)
Laglaisia (1)
Laglaizia (6)
Lambia (1)
Lamprogaster (46)
Lamprophthalma (16)
Lenophila (6)
Lophoplatystoma (5)
Loxoceromyia (1)
Loxoneura (12)
Loxoneuroides (1)
Loxonevra (1)
Lule (8)
Lulodes (2)
Mesoctenia (4)
Metoposparga (1)
Mezona (3)
Microepicausta (7)
Microlule (1)
Micronesomyia (1)
Mindanaia (1)
Montrouziera (1)
Naupoda (20)
Neoardelio (7)
Neoepidesma (8)
Neohemigaster (4)
Oeciotypa (6)
Oedemachilus (1)
Palpomya (6)
Par (1)
Parardelio (2)
Paryphodes (21)
Peltacanthina (53)
Phasiamya (1)
Philocompus (3)
Phlebophis (1)
Phlyax (1)
Phytalmodes (2)
Piara (2)
Picrometopus (2)
Pilagiostenopterina (3)
Plagiostenopterina (54)
Plagiosternopterina (1)
Plastotephritis (9)
Platystoma (46)
Poecilotraphera (4)
Pogonortalis (Boatman fly) (7)
Polystodes (1)
Prionoscelia (2)
Prosopoconus (1)
Prosthiochaeta (7)
Pseudepicausta (19)
Pseudocleitamia (2)
Pseudorichardia (4)
Pterogeina (7)
Pterogenia (48)
Pterogenomyia (4)
Rhegmatosaga (1)
Rhytidortalis (11)
Rivellia (149)
Scelostenopterina (1)
Scholastes (13)
Scotinosoma (5)
Seguyopiara (2)
Senopterina (18)
Signa (1)
Sors (1)
Sphenoprosopa (1)
Stellapteryx (2)
Steyskaliella (2)
Tarfa (1)
Tessmannella (6)
Tomeus (1)
Traphera (3)
Trigonosoma (7)
Valonia (2)
Venacalva (3)
Xenaspis (16)
Xenaspoides (2)
Xiria (8)
Xyrogena (9)
Zealandortalis (3)
Zygaenula (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0