Grootaert, Patrick;Shamshev, Igor
Platypalpus
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyHybotidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,488
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Hybotidae
- Collections
- UAM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Platypalpus is a genus of hybotid flies. It is worldwide in distribution, but best represented in Europe, with over 200 species. There are at least 580 described species in Platypalpus worldwide.
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