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Checklist for Family Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 (Picture-winged flies)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
793
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
66
617
1451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
50
449
1039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
46
392
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
34
246
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
6
52
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
8
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
8 Genera with 21 Species
Elassogaster Bigot, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Euprosopia Macquart, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Lamprophthalma Portschinsky, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Pogonortalis Hendel, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepicausta Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pterogenia Bigot, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 19147SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
21 Species
Elassogaster linearis Walker, 1849
Euprosopia dorsata Hendel, 1914
Euprosopia latifrons Hendel, 1914
Euprosopia nigropunctata Hendel, 1914
Euprosopia planiceps Hendel, 1914
Euprosopia platystomoides Hendel, 1914
Lamprophthalma felderi Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina cinctaria Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina dubiosa Malloch, 1931
Plagiostenopterina fasciata Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina rufa Hendel, 1914
Pogonortalis doclea Walker, 1849Boatman fly
Pseudepicausta angulata Hendel, 1914
Pterogenia niveitarsis Bigot, 1859
Rivellia costalis Hendel, 1914
Rivellia eximia Wulp, 1897
Rivellia fruga
Rivellia frugalis Coquillett, 1904
Rivellia furcata Hendel, 1914
Rivellia fusca Thomson, 1869
Rivellia herinella Hendel, 1914

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
7
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScholastinae
Enderlein, 1937
1
1
Genus
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