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Checklist for Family Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 (Picture-winged flies)
and region Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
92
318
497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
92
318
497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
85
298
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
71
266
438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
18
48
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
11
31
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
7
24
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
5
14
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
3
11
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
2
10
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Guadalcanal
5 Genera with 8 Species
Elassogaster Bigot, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Euprosopia Macquart, 19404SpeciesTaxom
Giraffomyia Sharp, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Microepicausta Hendel, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 19401SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guadalcanal
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Elassogaster marginalis (Malloch, 1940)⇒ Microepicausta marginalis Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia alticeps Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia insulicola Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia minor Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia tegularia depressifrons Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia solomonensis Malloch, 1940
Microepicausta marginalis Malloch, 1940
Rivellia fulvescens Malloch, 1940

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Guadalcanal
SubfamilyAngitulinae
Enderlein, 1936
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Platystomatidae at artfakta.se
Platystomatidae at dyntaxa.se
Platystomatidae at gbif.org
Platystomatidae at irmng.org
Platystomatidae at itis.gov