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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
92
1473
4451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
73
1219
3058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
57
909
2090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
53
799
1799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
417
1036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
7
133
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatystomatidae
Schiner, 1862
Picture-winged flies, Signal flies, Signal fly
38
98
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
38 Genera with 98 Species
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Acanthoneuropsis Frey, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Achias Fabricius, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Agrochira Enderlein, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Amphicnephes Loew, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Atopocnema Enderlein, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Atopocnemis1SpeciesTaxom
Cladoderris Bezzi, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Clitodoca Loew, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Coelocephala Karsch, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Conopariella Enderlein, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Elassogaster Bigot, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Engistoneura Loew, 19149SpeciesTaxom
Eosamphicnephes Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Eudasys Whittington, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Euthyplatystoma Hendel, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Furcamyia Whittington, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Lamprophthalma Portschinsky, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Lophoplatystoma Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Loxoceromyia Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Lule Speiser, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Lulodes Enderlein, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Naupoda Osten Sacken, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Neoepidesma Hendel, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Oeciotypa Hendel, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Paryphodes Speiser, 19149SpeciesTaxom
Peltacanthina Enderlein, 183513SpeciesTaxom
Phlebophis Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Plagiostenopterina Hendel, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Plastotephritis Enderlein, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Polystodes Robineau-Des..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepicausta Hendel, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoscholastes Frey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pterogenomyia Hendel, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Rivellia Robineau-Des..., 193214SpeciesTaxom
Senopterina Robineau-Des..., 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Venacalva Whittington, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Xenaspis Osten Sacken, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Xyrogena Whittington, 20032SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
98 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acanthoneuropsis bismarckburgensis Enderlein, 1924
Acanthoneuropsis difficilis Frey, 1932
Achias platychirus Hendel, 1914
Achias robustus Bigot, 1880
Agrochira adamanta Whittington, 2003
Agrochira pallidum Whittington, 2003
Amphicnephes stellatus Wulp, 1899
Atopocnema brunnipennis Frey, 1932
Atopocnema manicatifrons Enderlein, 1922
Atopocnemis brunnipennis Frey, 1932
Cladoderris silvestrii Bezzi, 1914
Clitodoca fenestralis Macquart, 1843Signal Fly
Coelocephala arcifera Hendel, 1914
Coelocephala arcuata Bezzi, 1914
Coelocephala arcuata stigma Hendel, 1914
Coelocephala cervina Hendel, 1914
Coelocephala micans Hendel, 1914
Conopariella togoensis Enderlein, 1922
Elassogaster inflexa Fabricius, 1805
Elassogaster vanderwulpi Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura catogastera Bigot, 1891
Engistoneura currani Steyskal, 1965
Engistoneura flavipennis Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura lugens Fabricius, 1794
Engistoneura moerens Fabricius, 1794
Engistoneura moerens albovaria Walker, 1853
Engistoneura obscura Hendel, 1914
Engistoneura paralleia Wiedemann, 1830
Engistoneura unilineata Bezzi, 1914
Eosamphicnephes africanus Frey, 1932
Eudasys ophrys Whittington, 2003
Euthyplatystoma asteroptera Frey, 1932
Euthyplatystoma asteropterus (Frey, 1932)⇒ Lulodes asteropterus Frey, 1932
Euthyplatystoma nitidum (Frey, 1932)⇒ Lulodes seriatopunctatu Enderlein, 1924
Euthyplatystoma nitidum tibiale Frey, 1932
Furcamyia difficilis Frey, 1932
Furcamyia pallida Whittington, 2003
Lamprophthalma togoensis Enderlein, 1924
Lophoplatystoma hirsutum Hendel, 1914
Loxoceromyia longicornis Hendel, 1914
Lule stellata Enderlein, 1924
Lulodes asteropterus Frey, 1932
Lulodes seriatopunctatu Enderlein, 1924
Naupoda hemiptera Frey, 1932
Naupoda puella Hendel, 1914
Naupoda punctifascia Speiser, 1911
Neoepidesma vicinum Macquart, 1846
Oeciotypa parallelomma Hendel, 1914
Oeciotypa skaia Whittington, 2003
Paryphodes duus Steyskal, 1965
Paryphodes leucurus Speiser, 1914
Paryphodes leucurus compar Hendel, 1914
Paryphodes maculatus Walker, 1949
Paryphodes marshalli Frey, 1932
Paryphodes modestus Bezzi, 1914
Paryphodes nepticula Loew, 1873
Paryphodes perforatus Enderlein, 1912
Paryphodes similis Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina albolineata Macquart, 1851
Peltacanthina albopilosa Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina concinna Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina epixantha Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina gamma Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina geminata Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina liberiensis Steyskal, 1965
Peltacanthina mythodes Hendel, 1914
Peltacanthina simponsi Frey, 1932
Peltacanthina simpsoni Frey, 1932
Peltacanthina togoensis Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina trabeata Enderlein, 1924
Peltacanthina trilineata Macquart, 1835
Phlebophis serpentina Frey, 1932
Plagiostenopterina gemina Seguy, 1933
Plagiostenopterina vicaria Hendel, 1914
Plagiostenopterina westermanni Hendel, 1914
Plastotephritis campiglossoides Frey, 1932
Plastotephritis limbata Enderlein, 1922
Plastotephritis seriata Enderlein, 1924
Polystodes ichneumoneus Robineau-Des..., 1830
Pseudepicausta recta Hendel, 1914
Pseudoscholastes marshalli (Frey, 1932)⇒ Paryphodes marshalli Frey, 1932
Pterogenomyia mirifica Frey, 1932
Pterogenomyia paradoxa Hendel, 1914
Pterogenomyia paradoxa mirifica Frey, 1932
Rivellia albitarsis Macquart, 1843
Rivellia fusca Thomson, 1869
Rivellia granulata Frey, 1932
Rivellia humphreyi Frey, 1932
Rivellia hysia Walker, 1849
Rivellia mouwana
Rivellia neotera Speiser, 1915
Rivellia nigerensis
Rivellia otroeda Walker, 1849
Rivellia parallela Hendel, 1914
Rivellia quadrivittata Macquart, 1843
Rivellia rectangula Hendel, 1914
Rivellia succincta Frey, 1932
Rivellia unifascia Frey, 1932
Venacalva margarita Whittington, 2003
Venacalva virga Whittington, 2003
Xenaspis polistes Osten Sacken, 1881
Xyrogena grossa Whittington, 2003
Xyrogena recta Whittington, 2003

Subnodes of Platystomatidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyPlastotephritinae
Frey, 1932
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPlatystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
19
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScholastinae
Enderlein, 1937
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrapherinae
Brues & Melander, 1932
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