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Checklist for Family Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 (Picture-winged flies)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
96
1334
6857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
74
1054
4459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
56
775
3123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
52
663
2713
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
386
1756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
7
190
933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
44
292
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
44 Genera with 292 Species
#ABCDEGLMNPRSTXZ
Achias Fabricius, 199493SpeciesTaxom
Amphicnephes Loew, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Angitula Walker, 189913SpeciesTaxom
Asyntona Osten Sacken, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Atopocnathus1SpeciesTaxom
Atopognathus Bigot, 191410SpeciesTaxom
Bama Mcalpine, 200118SpeciesTaxom
Brea Walker, 19247SpeciesTaxom
Chaetorivellia Meijere, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Cleitamia Macquart, 186416SpeciesTaxom
Cleitamoides Malloch, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Dayomyia Mcalpine, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Duomyia Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Elassogaster Bigot, 18659SpeciesTaxom
Eumeka Mcalpine, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Euprosopia Macquart, 197328SpeciesTaxom
Euxestomoea De Meijere, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Giraffomyia Sharp, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Laglaisia Bigot, 19246SpeciesTaxom
Lamprogaster Macquart, 186119SpeciesTaxom
Meringomeria Enderlein, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Mesoctenia Enderlein, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Microepicausta Hendel, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Montrouziera Bigot, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Naupoda Osten Sacken, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Par Mcalpine, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Paryphodes Speiser, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Phlyax Mcalpine, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Phylax Wesmael, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 19287SpeciesTaxom
Pogonortalis Hendel, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepicausta Hendel, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocleitamia Malloch, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorichardia Hendel, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Pterogenia Bigot, 18617SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 191417SpeciesTaxom
Scholastes Loew, 19395SpeciesTaxom
Signa Mcalpine, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Sors Mcalpine, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Tarfa Mcalpine, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Terzia Mcalpine, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Tomeus Mcalpine, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Zygaenula Doleschall, 18611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
292 Species and 16 Subspecies
Achias additus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias albertisi Osten Sacken, 1881
Achias alutarius Mcalpine, 1994
Achias amplividens Walker, 1859
Achias aspiciens Walker, 1864
Achias atrahens Walker, 1861
Achias attrahens Walker, 1861
Achias brachyophthalmus Walker, 1865
Achias calcar Mcalpine, 1994
Achias carolinae Mcalpine, 1994
Achias cauda Mcalpine, 1994
Achias celaenops Mcalpine, 1994
Achias cheesmanae Mcalpine, 1994
Achias clastus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias cogani Mcalpine, 1994
Achias comptus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias costalis Malloch, 1939
Achias crosskeyi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias dacoides Walker, 1865
Achias diversifrons De Meijere, 1913
Achias divisus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias fabricii Mcalpine, 1994
Achias flyensis Mcalpine, 1994
Achias fritillus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias fuligo Mcalpine, 1994
Achias fulviceps De Meijere, 1913
Achias furcatus Hendel, 1914
Achias gjellerupi De Meijere, 1913
Achias gracilis De Meijere, 1913
Achias gressitti Mcalpine, 1994
Achias hapsis Mcalpine, 1994
Achias hendeli Mcalpine, 1994
Achias hennigi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias hollowayi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias hyweli Mcalpine, 1994
Achias ios Mcalpine, 1994
Achias ismayi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias janus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias kentae Mcalpine, 1994
Achias khooi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias kimi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias lachlani Mcalpine, 1994
Achias latividens Walker, 1859
Achias longitarsis Mcalpine, 1994
Achias longividens Walker, 1859
Achias mallochi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias meeki Mcalpine, 1994
Achias meijerei Mcalpine, 1994
Achias melinae Mcalpine, 1994
Achias melinus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias microcephalus Hendel, 1914
Achias minax Mcalpine, 1994
Achias mitis Mcalpine, 1994
Achias molysma Mcalpine, 1994
Achias nigricoxa Mcalpine, 1994
Achias nigrifacies Malloch, 1939
Achias obliquus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias oculatus Fabricius, 1805
Achias opipes Mcalpine, 1994
Achias parilis Mcalpine, 1994
Achias penicillus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias pexatus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias planiceps Mcalpine, 1994
Achias platychirus Hendel, 1914
Achias polyonychus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias pumex Mcalpine, 1994
Achias punctulatus De Meijere, 1913
Achias pygmosus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias reses Mcalpine, 1994
Achias robustus Bigot, 1880
Achias rothschildi Austen, 1910
Achias rufus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias sackeni Mcalpine, 1994
Achias schneiderae Mcalpine, 1994
Achias sedlacekae Mcalpine, 1994
Achias sphyrna Mcalpine, 1994
Achias steyskali Mcalpine, 1994
Achias stigon Mcalpine, 1994
Achias stiva Mcalpine, 1994
Achias straatmani Mcalpine, 1994
Achias strictus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias strigatus De Meijere, 1913
Achias subnudus Malloch, 1939
Achias sursividens Mcalpine, 1994
Achias szentivanyi Mcalpine, 1994
Achias tawii Mcalpine, 1994
Achias testaceus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias thoracalis Hendel, 1914
Achias trivittatus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias tudus Mcalpine, 1994
Achias venustulus Walker, 1865
Achias wallacei Mcalpine, 1994
Achias xyrion Mcalpine, 1994
Angitula (Angitula) cyanea Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Angitula (Angitula) krombeini Steyskal, 1952
Angitula (Angitula) longicollis Walker, 1859
Angitula longicollis polita Saunders, 1861
Angitula (Angitula) longicornis Enderlein, 1936
Angitula (Angitula) nigra Enderlein, 1936
Angitula (Angitula) violacea Enderlein, 1936
Angitula (Angituloides) austeni Hendel, 1913
Angitula (Giraffomyia) nigripes Steyskal, 1950
Angitula (Giraffomyia) perfecta Malloch, 1940
Angitula (Giraffomyia) regularis Malloch, 1940
Angitula (Giraffomyia) solomonensis Malloch, 1940
Angitula (Giraffomyia) willeyi Sharp, 1899
Asyntona flaviceps Hendel, 1914
Asyntona paradoxa De Meijere, 1908
Atopocnathus complens separatus Malloch, 1939
Atopognathus angustifrons Hendel, 1914
Atopognathus barbatus Hendel, 1914
Atopognathus complens Walker, 1859
Atopognathus complens complens
Atopognathus complens contigua Walker, 1865
Atopognathus complens fasciatus Curran, 1936
Atopognathus complens separatus Malloch, 1939
Atopognathus fasciatus Curran, 1936
Atopognathus goniceps Hendel, 1914
Atopognathus hirsuta Hendel, 1914
Bama (Bama) aurantium
Bama (Bama) bickeli
Bama (Bama) bipunctatum Hendel, 1914
Bama (Bama) brevitarse
Bama (Bama) divergens
Bama (Bama) flavifrons
Bama (Bama) flexifer
Bama (Bama) grande
Bama (Bama) gressitti
Bama (Bama) ismayi
Bama (Bama) martini
Bama (Bama) monstrans
Bama (Bama) papuanum Hennig, 1940
Bama (Bama) robertsi
Bama (Bama) signifer
Bama (Bama) strigatum Hennig, 1940
Bama (Polimen) shinonagai Mcalpine, 2001
Bama saigusai Mcalpine, 2001
Brea angustilimbata De Meijere, 1915
Brea basalis Enderlein, 1924
Brea contraria Walker, 1859
Brea flavipes De Meijere, 1913
Brea magnifica Hendel, 1914
Brea nouhuysi De Meijere, 1913
Brea ralumensis Enderlein, 1924
Chaetorivellia trifasciata Doleschall, 1858
Cleitamia amabilis Osten Sacken, 1881
Cleitamia astrolabei Macquart, 1835
Cleitamia biarcuata Walker, 1865
Cleitamia catharinae De Meijere, 1913
Cleitamia cheesmanae Malloch, 1939
Cleitamia cyclops Malloch, 1939
Cleitamia delandi Malloch, 1939
Cleitamia excepta Malloch, 1939
Cleitamia gestroi Kertesz, 1899
Cleitamia insignis De Meijere, 1913
Cleitamia orthocephala Hendel, 1914
Cleitamia ostensackeni Kertesz, 1914
Cleitamia rivellioides Osten Sacken, 1881
Cleitamia roederi Kertesz, 1899
Cleitamia similis Kertesz, 1899
Cleitamia tricurvata Walker, 1864
Cleitamoides kerteszi Hendel, 1914
Cleitamoides latifascia Walker, 1859
Cleitamoides lituratus Walker, 1861
Cleitamoides trigonalis De Meijere, 1913
Dayomyia molens Mcalpine, 2007
Duomyia mithrax Hendel, 1914
Elassogaster didyma Osten Sacken, 1881
Elassogaster didymoides Hendel, 1914
Elassogaster linearis Walker, 1849
Elassogaster marginalis (Malloch, 1940)⇒ Microepicausta marginalis Malloch, 1940
Elassogaster nadzabi
Elassogaster nigripes Malloch, 1940
Elassogaster sordida Walker, 1861
Elassogaster sordidus Walker, 1861
Elassogaster sordidus varialis Walker, 1865
Eumeka hendeli Mcalpine, 2001
Eumeka koghii Mcalpine, 2007
Euprosopia albolineata De Meijere, 1913
Euprosopia alticeps Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia aureovitta Malloch, 1939
Euprosopia bilineata De Meijere, 1906
Euprosopia buergersiana Enderlein, 1924
Euprosopia connexa Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia deminutiva Malloch, 1939
Euprosopia deminutiva setinervis Malloch, 1939
Euprosopia diminutiva (Walker, 1865)⇒ Euprosopia miliaria Hendel, 1914
Euprosopia dubitalis Malloch, 1939
Euprosopia impingens Walker, 1865
Euprosopia innocua Malloch, 1939
Euprosopia inpingens Walker, 1865
Euprosopia insulicola Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia lenticula Mcalpine, 1973
Euprosopia lepida Curran, 1936
Euprosopia miliaria Hendel, 1914
Euprosopia minor Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia minuta Malloch, 1939
Euprosopia pencillata Hendel, 1914
Euprosopia protensa Walker, 1864
Euprosopia setinervis Malloch, 1939
Euprosopia squamifera De Meijere, 1913
Euprosopia tegularia Malloch, 1928
Euprosopia tegularia depressifrons Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia tigrina Osten Sacken, 1881
Euprosopia ventralis Walker, 1859
Euprosopia xanthops Mcalpine, 1973
Euxestomoea discifera De Meijere, 1913
Euxestomoea prompta Walker, 1859
Giraffomyia irregularis (Malloch, 1940)⇒ Giraffomyia solomonensis Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia regularis Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia regularis perfecta Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia solomonensis Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia willeyi Sharp, 1899
Laglaisia biroi Hendel, 1914
Laglaisia caloptera Bigot, 1878
Laglaisia fascipennis De Meijere, 1913
Laglaisia kochi De Meijere, 1908
Laglaisia stylops Enderlein, 1924
Laglaisia telescopica Enderlein, 1924
Lamprogaster austeni Sharp, 1899
Lamprogaster basalis Walker, 1861
Lamprogaster costalis Walker, 1861
Lamprogaster costalis costalis
Lamprogaster costalis nuda Hendel, 1914
Lamprogaster decolor Malloch, 1939
Lamprogaster fulvipes Malloch, 1939
Lamprogaster grossa Malloch, 1939
Lamprogaster instabilis Walker, 1861
Lamprogaster macrocephala Hendel, 1914
Lamprogaster patula Walker, 1861
Lamprogaster patula bispinosa Walker, 1865
Lamprogaster pumicata Wulp, 1885
Lamprogaster quadrilinea Walker, 1859
Lamprogaster semicyanea Walker, 1858
Lamprogaster trisignata Wulp, 1885
Lamprogaster violacea Macquart, 1843
Lamprogaster zelotypa Hendel, 1914
Lamprogaster zelotypa ventralis Walker, 1861
Meringomeria neurostigma Bezzi, 1928
Mesoctenia coalescens Hendel, 1914
Mesoctenia hilaris Hendel, 1914
Microepicausta albopilosa De Meijere, 1915
Microepicausta lineata De Meijere, 1915
Microepicausta marginalis Malloch, 1940
Montrouziera lifua Bigot, 1860
Naupoda (Gonga) burwelli Mcalpine, 2007
Naupoda (Gonga) regina Hendel, 1914
Naupoda (Gonga) ventralis Curran, 1936
Naupoda simmondsi Bezzi, 1928
Par evitta Malloch, 1939
Paryphodes hospes Mcalpine, 2001
Phlyax simmondsi Bezzi, 1928
Phylax simmondsi Bezzi, 1928
Plagiostenopterina (Plagiostenopterina) aenea Wiedemann, 1819
Plagiostenopterina (Plagiostenopterina) enderleini Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina (Stenopterosoma) lativentris Walker, 1859
Plagiostenopterina lativentris orbitalis Malloch, 1939
Plagiostenopterina (Stenopterosoma) parva Malloch, 1931
Plagiostenopterina (Stenopterosoma) similis Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina neurostigma Bezzi, 1928
Pogonortalis monteithi Mcalpine, 2007
Pseudepicausta apicalis Malloch, 1939
Pseudepicausta chalybea Doleschall, 1858
Pseudepicausta detrudens Walker, 1865
Pseudepicausta wallacei Hendel, 1914
Pseudocleitamia pompiloides Walker, 1859
Pseudocleitamia setigera Malloch, 1939
Pseudorichardia aristalis Bezzi, 1928
Pseudorichardia bezziana Steyskal, 1952
Pseudorichardia flavitarsis Macquart, 1855
Pseudorichardia interrupta Bezzi, 1928
Pterogenia brevis Walker, 1865
Pterogenia devocata
Pterogenia fuliginosa Hendel, 1914
Pterogenia pectoralis Hendel, 1914
Pterogenia scutellaris Walker, 1859
Pterogenia variipennis Walker, 1861
Pterogenia vittifinis Walker, 1861
Rivellia abana Curran, 1929
Rivellia affinis Hendel, 1914
Rivellia basilaris (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Rivellia coquilletti Hendel, 1914
Rivellia basilaris perspicillaris Bezzi, 1928
Rivellia connata Thomson, 1869
Rivellia connexa Hendel, 1914
Rivellia coquilletti Hendel, 1914Snow buttercup
Rivellia dimidiata De Meijere, 1908
Rivellia ferruginea Hendel, 1914
Rivellia floridana Johnson, 1900Arctic stitchwort
Rivellia fulvescens Malloch, 1940
Rivellia fusca Thomson, 1869
Rivellia marina Malloch, 1940
Rivellia polita Hendel, 1932
Rivellia radiata Hendel, 1914
Rivellia rufibasis Malloch, 1939
Rivellia similis Hendel, 1914
Scholastes aitapensis Malloch, 1939
Scholastes bimaculatus Hendel, 1914Eastern white water-crowfoot
Scholastes cinctus Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Scholastes sexvittatus Walker, 1861
Scholastes taylori Malloch, 1939
Signa mouldsi Mcalpine, 2001
Sors wrightae Mcalpine, 2007
Tarfa bowleyae Mcalpine, 2001
Terzia saigusai (Mcalpine, 2001)⇒ Bama saigusai Mcalpine, 2001
Tomeus wyliei Mcalpine, 2001
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881
Zygaenula atomaria Walker, 1861

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilyAngitulinae
Enderlein, 1936
2
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
14
184
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScholastinae
Enderlein, 1937
4
15
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