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Checklist of Family Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862 (Picture-winged flies)
for Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
354
2978
5577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2328
4540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
291
610
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
34
159
257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
23
89
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
19
75
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
11
45
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
4
17
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
4
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
4 Genera with 4 Species
Bromophila Loew, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Microlule Steyskal, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Palpomya Robineau-Des..., 18241SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
4 Species
Bromophila caffra Macquart, 1846
Microlule flavimana Steyskal, 1990
Palpomya asphaltina Wiedemann, 1824
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in Transvaal
SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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