Platypalpus

Platypalpus
Platypalpus notatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Tachydromiinae
Tribe: Tachydromiini
Genus: Platypalpus
Macquart, 1827
Type species
Musca cursitans[1]
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
  • Cleptodromia Corti, 1907
P. pectoralis in copula

Platypalpus is a genus of hybotid flies. It is worldwide in distribution, but best represented in Europe, with over 200 species.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. 1 2 Chvála, Milan (1975). The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (paperback). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 3. Klampenborg: Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. pp. 1–336. ISBN 87-87491-04-4.
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