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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3550
6682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
2836
5497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
69
604
1318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
54
499
887
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
38
383
682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
34
330
583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
24
163
342
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
5
66
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
17
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Solomon Islands
17 Genera with 35 Species
Amphicnephes Loew, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Angitula Walker, 19405SpeciesTaxom
Asyntona Osten Sacken, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Atopognathus Bigot, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Bama Mcalpine, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Duomyia Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Elassogaster Bigot, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Euprosopia Macquart, 19408SpeciesTaxom
Giraffomyia Sharp, 19404SpeciesTaxom
Lamprogaster Macquart, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Microepicausta Hendel, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Naupoda Osten Sacken, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepicausta Hendel, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 18693SpeciesTaxom
Scholastes Loew, 18614SpeciesTaxom
Terzia Mcalpine, 20011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Solomon Islands
35 Species and 3 Subspecies
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
Asyntona flaviceps Hendel, 1914
Atopognathus complens Walker, 1859
Atopognathus complens fasciatus Curran, 1936
Bama saigusai Mcalpine, 2001
Duomyia mithrax Hendel, 1914
Elassogaster marginalis (Malloch, 1940)⇒ Microepicausta marginalis Malloch, 1940
Elassogaster nigripes Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia alticeps Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia connexa Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia insulicola Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia lenticula Mcalpine, 1973
Euprosopia lepida Curran, 1936
Euprosopia minor Malloch, 1940
Euprosopia tegularia Malloch, 1928
Euprosopia tegularia depressifrons Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia irregularis (Malloch, 1940)⇒ Giraffomyia solomonensis Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia regularis Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia regularis perfecta Malloch, 1940
Giraffomyia solomonensis Malloch, 1940
Lamprogaster austeni Sharp, 1899
Microepicausta marginalis Malloch, 1940
Naupoda (Gonga) ventralis Curran, 1936
Plagiostenopterina (Plagiostenopterina) aenea Wiedemann, 1819
Plagiostenopterina (Plagiostenopterina) enderleini Hendel, 1914
Pseudepicausta chalybea Doleschall, 1858
Rivellia floridana Johnson, 1900Arctic stitchwort
Rivellia fulvescens Malloch, 1940
Rivellia fusca Thomson, 1869
Scholastes aitapensis Malloch, 1939
Scholastes bimaculatus Hendel, 1914Eastern white water-crowfoot
Scholastes cinctus Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Scholastes sexvittatus Walker, 1861
Terzia saigusai (Mcalpine, 2001)⇒ Bama saigusai Mcalpine, 2001

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Solomon Islands
SubfamilyAngitulinae
Enderlein, 1936
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
9
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScholastinae
Enderlein, 1937
2
2
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