Platystoma seminationis (Fabricius, 1775)
(Kiss Fly)

Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
FamilyPLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Gunter, R. The dancing "Kiss Fly" (Platystoma seminationis) www.naturbildarchiv-guenter.de/en/picture-stories/flies/kiss-fly/the-dancing-kiss-fly-br-iplatystoma-seminationisi/

Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
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