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Checklist of Family Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 (Picture-winged flies)
for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
446
7357
32744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
442
7344
32723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
426
7252
32441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
285
5986
29203
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
52
310
1267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
37
212
743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
28
109
401
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
25
89
364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
14
46
258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
3
24
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 Genera with 8 Species
Conopariella Enderlein, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Peltacanthina Enderlein, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Tessmannella Hedicke, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Venacalva Whittington, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Xyrogena Whittington, 20033SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Democratic Republic of the Congo
8 Species
Conopariella exigua Whittington, 2003
Peltacanthina epixantha Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina geminata Hendel, 1914
Tessmannella nigra Hedicke, 1912
Venacalva dichas Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena flocca Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena hypena Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena ligula Whittington, 2003

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Democratic Republic of the Congo
SubfamilyPlastotephritinae
Frey, 1932
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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