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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
314
3514
7841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
3513
7840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
302
3456
7694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
2933
6972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
52
338
585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
41
288
446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
31
207
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
29
194
281
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
19
111
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
5
30
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
10
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sierra Leone
10 Genera with 17 Species
Elassogaster Bigot, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Engistoneura Loew, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Lophoplatystoma Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Neoepidesma Hendel, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Paryphodes Speiser, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Peltacanthina Enderlein, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoscholastes Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pterogenomyia Hendel, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 19143SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
17 Species and 1 Subspecies
Elassogaster vanderwulpi Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura lugens Fabricius, 1794
Engistoneura paralleia Wiedemann, 1830
Lophoplatystoma hirsutum Hendel, 1914
Neoepidesma vicinum Macquart, 1846
Paryphodes maculatus Walker, 1949
Paryphodes marshalli Frey, 1932
Paryphodes similis Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina concinna Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina gamma Hendel, 1914
Pseudoscholastes marshalli (Frey, 1932)⇒ Paryphodes marshalli Frey, 1932
Pterogenomyia mirifica Frey, 1932
Pterogenomyia paradoxa Hendel, 1914
Pterogenomyia paradoxa mirifica Frey, 1932
Rivellia fusca Thomson, 1869
Rivellia hysia Walker, 1849
Rivellia rectangula Hendel, 1914
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Sierra Leone
SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
6
10
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