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Platystomatidae
Platystomatidae (picture-winged flies)
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Platystomatidae (Signal flies) is a distinctive family of flies. Signal flies are worldwide in distribution predominating in the tropics. It is one of the larger families of acalyptrate Diptera with around 1200 species in 119 genera.
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Platystomatidae
Genus
Acanthoneuropsis
(6)
Achias
(95)
Aetha
(1)
Agadasys
(2)
Aglaioptera
(1)
Agrochira
(13)
Amphicnephes
(3)
Angelopteromyia
(3)
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
(64)
Elassogaster
(25)
Engistoneura
(8)
Eosamphicnephes
(1)
Eudasys
(1)
Eumeka
(2)
Euprosopia
(99)
Eurypalpus
(1)
Euthyplatystoma
(6)
Euxestomoea
(3)
Federleyella
(2)
Furcamyia
(3)
Guamomyia
(1)
Himeroessa
(1)
Hysma
(1)
Icteracantha
(4)
Imugana
(2)
Inium
(2)
Laglaizia
(6)
Lambia
(1)
Lamprogaster
(45)
Lamprophthalma
(16)
Lenophila
(6)
Lophoplatystoma
(5)
Loxoceromyia
(1)
Loxoneura
(12)
Loxoneuroides
(1)
Lule
(8)
Lulodes
(2)
Mesoctenia
(4)
Metoposparga
(1)
Mezona
(3)
Microepicausta
(5)
Microlule
(1)
Micronesomyia
(1)
Mindanaia
(1)
Montrouziera
(1)
Musca
(1)
Naupoda
(20)
Nemopoda
(1)
Neoardelio
(9)
Neoepidesma
(8)
Neohemigaster
(1)
Oeciotypa
(6)
Oedemachilus
(1)
Ortalis
(3)
Palpomya
(6)
Par
(1)
Parardelio
(2)
Paryphodes
(21)
Peltacanthina
(53)
Phasiamya
(1)
Philocompus
(3)
Phlebophis
(1)
Phlyax
(1)
Phytalmodes
(2)
Piara
(2)
Picrometopus
(2)
Plagiostenopterina
(53)
Plastotephritis
(8)
Platystoma
(23)
Poecilotraphera
(4)
Pogonortalis
(Boatman fly)
(7)
Polystodes
(1)
Prionoscelia
(2)
Prosopoconus
(1)
Prosthiochaeta
(7)
Pseudepicausta
(19)
Pseudocleitamia
(2)
Pseudorichardia
(4)
Pterogenia
(47)
Pterogenomyia
(4)
Rhegmatosaga
(1)
Rhytidortalis
(11)
Rivellia
(146)
Scelostenopterina
(1)
Scholastes
(12)
Scotinosoma
(5)
Seguyopiara
(2)
Senopterina
(16)
Signa
(1)
Sors
(1)
Sphenoprosopa
(1)
Stellapteryx
(2)
Steyskaliella
(2)
Tarfa
(1)
Tomeus
(1)
Traphera
(3)
Trigonosoma
(7)
Trypeta
(1)
Valonia
(2)
Venacalva
(3)
Xenaspis
(16)
Xenaspoides
(2)
Xiria
(9)
Xyrogena
(9)
Zealandortalis
(3)
Zygaenula
(1)
(...) = Species count
(...) = Endangered count
(...) = Invasive count
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