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Checklist for Family Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 (Picture-winged flies)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
127
3884
28408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
98
3054
20697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
76
2097
11896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
72
1841
10091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
57
960
5774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
9
338
1898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
63
323
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
63 Genera with 323 Species
#ABCDEFILMNOPRSTVX
Acanthoneuropsis Frey, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Achias Fabricius, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Agrochira Enderlein, 200313SpeciesTaxom
Amphicnephes Loew, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Atopocnema Enderlein, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Atopocnemis1SpeciesTaxom
Bromophila Loew, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Cladoderris Bezzi, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Clitodoca Loew, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Coelocephala Karsch, 18886SpeciesTaxom
Conopariella Enderlein, 200312SpeciesTaxom
Duomyia Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Elassogaster Bigot, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Engistoneura Loew, 19149SpeciesTaxom
Eosamphicnephes Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Eudasys Whittington, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Euthyplatystoma Hendel, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Federleyella Frey, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Furcamyia Whittington, 20034SpeciesTaxom
Icteracantha Hendel, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Laglaizia Bigot, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Lambia Delépine, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Lamprophthalma Portschinsky, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Lophoplatystoma Hendel, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Loxoceromyia Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Lule Speiser, 19246SpeciesTaxom
Lulodes Enderlein, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Mezona Speiser, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Microlule Steyskal, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Micronesomyia Whittington, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Naupoda Osten Sacken, 191110SpeciesTaxom
Neoardelio Hendel, 19609SpeciesTaxom
Neoepidesma Hendel, 184610SpeciesTaxom
Neoepitpla1SpeciesTaxom
Oeciotypa Hendel, 20036SpeciesTaxom
Oedemachilus Bigot, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Palpomya Robineau-Des..., 19127SpeciesTaxom
Parardelio Hendel, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Paryphodes Speiser, 190819SpeciesTaxom
Peltacanthina Enderlein, 191154SpeciesTaxom
Phlebophis Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Phytalmodes Bezzi, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Piara Loew, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 191411SpeciesTaxom
Plastotephritis Enderlein, 20038SpeciesTaxom
Platystoma Meigen, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Polystodes Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Prionoscelia Enderlein, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepicausta Hendel, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocleitamia Malloch, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoscholastes Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pterogenomyia Hendel, 19245SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 193236SpeciesTaxom
Scholastes Loew, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Seguyopiara Steyskal, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Senopterina Robineau-Des..., 18052SpeciesTaxom
Sphenoprosopa Loew, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Stellapteryx Whittington, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Tessmannella Hedicke, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Traphera Loew, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Venacalva Whittington, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Xyrogena Whittington, 20039SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
323 Species and 6 Subspecies
Acanthoneuropsis achiodes Enderlein, 1911
Acanthoneuropsis bismarckburgensis Enderlein, 1924
Acanthoneuropsis difficilis Frey, 1932
Acanthoneuropsis hendeli Enderlein, 1922
Acanthoneuropsis laticeps Enderlein, 1922
Acanthoneuropsis tephritima Enderlein, 1912
Achias platychirus Hendel, 1914
Achias robustus Bigot, 1880
Agrochira adamanta Whittington, 2003
Agrochira ametromastax Whittington, 2003
Agrochira bicolor Whittington, 2003
Agrochira bifocalis Whittington, 2003
Agrochira biplexum Whittington, 2003
Agrochira bvumba Whittington, 2003
Agrochira clavigrum Whittington, 2003
Agrochira corniculata Whittington, 2003
Agrochira londti Whittington, 2003
Agrochira palaga Whittington, 2003
Agrochira pallidum Whittington, 2003
Agrochira parallaxis Whittington, 2003
Agrochira tridens Whittington, 2003
Amphicnephes stellatus Wulp, 1899
Atopocnema binotata Whittington, 2003
Atopocnema brunnipennis Frey, 1932
Atopocnema manicatifrons Enderlein, 1922
Atopocnema marginepunctata Enderlein, 1922
Atopocnemis brunnipennis Frey, 1932
Bromophila caffra Macquart, 1846
Bromophila caffra zamiel Walker, 1849
Cladoderris cnephosa Whittington, 2003
Cladoderris convexa Whittington, 2003
Cladoderris ornata Whittington, 2003
Cladoderris silvestrii Bezzi, 1914
Clitodoca fenestralis Macquart, 1843Signal Fly
Coelocephala arcifera Hendel, 1914
Coelocephala arcuata Bezzi, 1914
Coelocephala arcuata stigma Hendel, 1914
Coelocephala cervina Hendel, 1914
Coelocephala micans Hendel, 1914
Coelocephala strigilis Karsch, 1888
Conopariella acutigena Enderlein, 1922
Conopariella albitarsis Enderlein, 1922
Conopariella cidara Whittington, 2003
Conopariella conspicua Frey, 1932
Conopariella crenata Enderlein, 1922
Conopariella exigua Whittington, 2003
Conopariella pallidipes Enderlein, 1922
Conopariella picipennis Enderlein, 1922
Conopariella steyskali Whittington, 2003
Conopariella tibialis Hendel, 1914
Conopariella togoensis Enderlein, 1922
Conopariella ustulata Whittington, 2003
Duomyia mithrax Hendel, 1914
Elassogaster arcuata Hendel, 1914
Elassogaster arcuatus Hendel, 1914
Elassogaster immaculata Macquart, 1843
Elassogaster inflexa Fabricius, 1805
Elassogaster vanderwulpi Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura catogastera Bigot, 1891
Engistoneura currani Steyskal, 1965
Engistoneura flavipennis Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura lugens Fabricius, 1794
Engistoneura moerens Fabricius, 1794
Engistoneura moerens albovaria Walker, 1853
Engistoneura obscura Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura paralleia Wiedemann, 1830
Engistoneura unilineata Bezzi, 1914
Eosamphicnephes africanus Frey, 1932
Eudasys ophrys Whittington, 2003
Euthyplatystoma asteroptera Frey, 1932
Euthyplatystoma asteropterus (Frey, 1932)⇒ Lulodes asteropterus Frey, 1932
Euthyplatystoma nitidum (Frey, 1932)⇒ Lulodes seriatopunctatu Enderlein, 1924
Euthyplatystoma nitidum tibiale Frey, 1932
Federleyella paucifenestrata Steyskal, 1963
Federleyella septemfenestrata Enderlein, 1922
Furcamyia contra Whittington, 2003
Furcamyia difficilis Frey, 1932
Furcamyia gladiatura Whittington, 2003
Furcamyia pallida Whittington, 2003
Icteracantha femorata Macquart, 1843
Laglaizia stylops Enderlein, 1924
Lambia coelocephala Hendel, 1914
Lamprophthalma ochrifacies Enderlein, 1924
Lamprophthalma rufoscutellata Hendel, 1914
Lamprophthalma togoensis Enderlein, 1924
Lophoplatystoma acarigerum Speiser, 1911
Lophoplatystoma congolense Steyskal, 1965
Lophoplatystoma hirsutum Hendel, 1914
Lophoplatystoma leucolena Speiser, 1914
Lophoplatystoma molle Hendel, 1914
Loxoceromyia longicornis Hendel, 1914
Lule braunsi Hendel, 1914
Lule brincki Steyskal, 1960
Lule cyanea Enderlein, 1912
Lule minuta Frey, 1932
Lule rudebecki Steyskal, 1960
Lule stellata Enderlein, 1924
Lulodes asteropterus Frey, 1932
Lulodes seriatopunctatu Enderlein, 1924
Mezona compta Enderlein, 1912
Mezona maculosa
Mezona mwinilungae Hancock, 1987
Mezona proxenus Speiser, 1910
Microlule flavimana Steyskal, 1990
Micronesomyia hemihyalina Whittington, 2003
Naupoda camerunensis Enderlein, 1924
Naupoda flaviceps Enderlein, 1924
Naupoda geminata Hendel, 1914
Naupoda hemiptera Frey, 1932
Naupoda inscripta Speiser, 1910
Naupoda metallica Enderlein, 1924
Naupoda nyasica Frey, 1932
Naupoda nyassica Frey, 1932
Naupoda puella Hendel, 1914
Naupoda punctifascia Speiser, 1911
Neoardelio alternata Walker, 1861
Neoardelio alternatus Walker, 1861
Neoardelio aspalathus Whittington, 2000
Neoardelio brevicornis Loew, 1873
Neoardelio inyangani Hancock, 1982
Neoardelio lineatocollis Thomson, 1869
Neoardelio longiala Steyskal, 1960
Neoardelio longipennis Loew, 1873
Neoardelio retifrons Steyskal, 1960
Neoepidesma castale Frey, 1932
Neoepidesma costalis Frey, 1932
Neoepidesma fascipenne Macquart, 1846
Neoepidesma grande Frey, 1932
Neoepidesma grandis Frey, 1932
Neoepidesma rostratum Hendel, 1914
Neoepidesma soosi Steyskal, 1964
Neoepidesma subvicinum Frey, 1932
Neoepidesma thoracale Hendel, 1914
Neoepidesma vicinum Macquart, 1846
Neoepitpla barombiensis
Oeciotypa disjuncta Whittington, 2003
Oeciotypa hendeli Lindner, 1957
Oeciotypa parallelomma Hendel, 1914
Oeciotypa rotundiventris Frey, 1932
Oeciotypa skaia Whittington, 2003
Oeciotypa splendens Whittington, 2003
Oedemachilus coquereli Bigot, 1860
Palpomya asphaltina Wiedemann, 1824
Palpomya gagantina Enderlein, 1924
Palpomya luxuriosa Speiser, 1911
Palpomya melanoptera Hendel, 1914
Palpomya meleagris Seguy, 1939
Palpomya punctipennis Walker, 1858
Palpomya ruficeps Enderlein, 1912
Parardelio pilosus Hendel, 1912
Parardelio voeltzkowi Enderlein, 1924
Paryphodes camerunensis Enderlein, 1924
Paryphodes compticeps Enderlein, 1924
Paryphodes conspurcatus Hendel, 1914
Paryphodes duus Steyskal, 1965
Paryphodes leucurus Speiser, 1914
Paryphodes leucurus compar Hendel, 1914
Paryphodes maculatus Walker, 1949
Paryphodes madela Curran, 1928
Paryphodes marshalli Frey, 1932
Paryphodes modestus Bezzi, 1914
Paryphodes nepticula Loew, 1873
Paryphodes nigristigma Enderlein, 1924
Paryphodes omega Speiser, 1911
Paryphodes perforatus Enderlein, 1912
Paryphodes sexlineatus Enderlein, 1924
Paryphodes similis Hendel, 1914
Paryphodes vicarius Hendel, 1912
Paryphodes werneri Enderlein, 1937
Paryphodes zebra Bezzi, 1908
Peltacanthina abyssinica Steyskal, 1964
Peltacanthina albescens Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina albolineata Macquart, 1851
Peltacanthina albopilosa Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina annulifemur Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina asthenes Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina auricoma Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina aurisriata Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina bezzii Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina bicolor Bezzi, 1908
Peltacanthina bracteata Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina carnosa Frey, 1932
Peltacanthina cervina Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina cohaesa Speiser, 1911
Peltacanthina concinna Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina concolor Bezzi, 1908
Peltacanthina cribrosa Enderlein, 1912
Peltacanthina disperita Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina epixantha Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina excellens Enderlein, 1912
Peltacanthina faceta Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina fumipennis Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina gamma Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina geminata Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina guttata Bezzi, 1908
Peltacanthina guttulata Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina kappa Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina liberiensis Steyskal, 1965
Peltacanthina lurida Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina magnifica Walker, 1849
Peltacanthina minor Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina monotaenia Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina mythodes Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina nervosa Becker, 1909
Peltacanthina octodecim Speiser, 1911
Peltacanthina parallela Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina paramythodes Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina pectoralis Loew, 1852
Peltacanthina punctipennis Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina seminigra Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina simillima Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina simponsi Frey, 1932
Peltacanthina simpsoni Frey, 1932
Peltacanthina splendida Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina stictica Fabricius, 1805
Peltacanthina surniipennis Speiser, 1911
Peltacanthina synapta Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina tessmanni Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina thoracica Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina togoensis Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina trabeata Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina trilineata Macquart, 1835
Peltacanthina venusta Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina verberiger Speiser, 1911
Phlebophis serpentina Frey, 1932
Phytalmodes africanus Bezzi, 1908
Phytalmodes honestus Enderlein, 1924
Piara cyanea Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina cyanosoma Hendel, 1912
Plagiostenopterina friederichsi Enderlein, 1924
Plagiostenopterina gemina Seguy, 1933
Plagiostenopterina goodi Steyskal, 1963
Plagiostenopterina nyassica Enderlein, 1924
Plagiostenopterina ochripes Enderlein, 1924
Plagiostenopterina rificeps Hendel, 1912
Plagiostenopterina ruficeps Hendel, 1912
Plagiostenopterina submetallica Loew, 1852
Plagiostenopterina vicaria Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina westermanni Hendel, 1914
Plastotephritis campiglossoides Frey, 1932
Plastotephritis compta Enderlein, 1922
Plastotephritis gratiosa Enderlein, 1922
Plastotephritis limbata Enderlein, 1922
Plastotephritis nosphidia Whittington, 2003
Plastotephritis pannosa Enderlein, 1922
Plastotephritis seriata Enderlein, 1924
Plastotephritis sica Whittington, 2003
Platystoma chrysotoxum Hendel, 1913
Polystodes ichneumoneus Robineau-Des..., 1830
Prionoscelia minax Enderlein, 1922
Prionoscelia undulata Enderlein, 1924
Pseudepicausta andreinii Bezzi, 1908
Pseudepicausta bigotii Macquart, 1851
Pseudepicausta gibbifrons Enderlein, 1924
Pseudepicausta recta Hendel, 1914
Pseudocleitamia pompiloides Walker, 1859
Pseudoscholastes marshalli (Frey, 1932)⇒ Paryphodes marshalli Frey, 1932
Pterogenomyia mirifica Frey, 1932
Pterogenomyia paradoxa Hendel, 1914
Pterogenomyia paradoxa mirifica Frey, 1932
Pterogenomyia parviseta Enderlein, 1924
Pterogenomyia strigata Enderlein, 1924
Rivellia acuticornis Frey, 1932
Rivellia albitarsis Macquart, 1843
Rivellia angstifacia Frey, 1932
Rivellia angustifascia Frey, 1932
Rivellia anomala Hendel, 1914
Rivellia brunifascia Hendel, 1914
Rivellia chalybescens Frey, 1932
Rivellia chlaybescens Frey, 1932
Rivellia discalis Hendel, 1914
Rivellia euxestoides Hendel, 1914
Rivellia fusca Thomson, 1869
Rivellia gracilis Hendel, 1914
Rivellia granulata Frey, 1932
Rivellia humphreyi Frey, 1932
Rivellia hysia Walker, 1849
Rivellia latifascia Hendel, 1914
Rivellia major Adams, 1905
Rivellia marginalis Hendel, 1931
Rivellia mediocris Hendel, 1914
Rivellia mouwana
Rivellia neotera Speiser, 1915
Rivellia nigerensis
Rivellia otroeda Walker, 1849
Rivellia parallela Hendel, 1914
Rivellia quadrivittata Macquart, 1843
Rivellia rectangula Hendel, 1914
Rivellia severinia
Rivellia stenotata Steyskal, 1960
Rivellia steyskali Namba, 1956
Rivellia subvittata Lindner, 1957
Rivellia succincta Frey, 1932
Rivellia syngenesiae Fabricius, 1781
Rivellia trigona Hendel, 1914
Rivellia trimucronata Frey, 1932
Rivellia unifascia Frey, 1932
Rivellia woodi Frey, 1932
Scholastes foordi ♰ T. D. A. Coc..., 1921
Scholastes vicarius (Hendel, 1912)⇒ Paryphodes vicarius Hendel, 1912
Seguyopiara fasciata Steyskal, 1990
Seguyopiara kaplanae Steyskal, 1990
Senopterina immaculata (Macquart, 1843)⇒ Elassogaster immaculata Macquart, 1843
Senopterina macularis Fabricius, 1805
Sphenoprosopa fascipennis Macquart, 1846
Stellapteryx minuta Whittington, 2003
Stellapteryx stellata Whittington, 2003
Tessmannella copelandi Buffington &..., 2012
Tessmannella expansa Quinlan, 1979
Tessmannella kiplingi Buffington &..., 2012
Tessmannella nigra Hedicke, 1912
Tessmannella roberti Buffington &..., 2012
Tessmannella spinosa Hedicke, 1912
Traphera apicalis Frey, 1932
Traphera azurea Hendel, 1914
Traphera chalybea Wiedemann, 1830
Venacalva dichas Whittington, 2003
Venacalva margarita Whittington, 2003
Venacalva virga Whittington, 2003
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881
Xyrogena camura Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena flocca Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena grossa Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena hispida Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena hypena Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena ligula Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena linea Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena loxa Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena recta Whittington, 2003

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyPlastotephritinae
Frey, 1932
6
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
30
182
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScholastinae
Enderlein, 1937
1
10
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrapherinae
Brues & Melander, 1932
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom



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Platystomatidae at artfakta.se
Platystomatidae at dyntaxa.se
Platystomatidae at gbif.org
Platystomatidae at irmng.org
Platystomatidae at itis.gov