PLATYSTOMATIDAE
(signal flies)

PLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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references
Platystoma seminationis
Kiss Fly
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 PLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Clements, D.K. 1990 Provisional keys to the Otitidae and Platystomatidae of the British Isles Dipterists Digest Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 6: 32-41.
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
() Storey, M.W. 2018 A Pictorial Guide to the Picture Wing Flies of Britain and Ireland

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    • Picture-winged flies Recording Scheme Picture-winged Flies Recording Scheme Newsletter Published for/by:Picture-winged flies Recording Scheme, Dipterists Forum

    PLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to PLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies):

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