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Platypezidae

Grimaldi, David A.

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Platypezidae

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thumb|Agathomyia wankowiczii ovipositing on an Artist's Bracket fungus thumb|Larval plant gall|galls (black objects) of [[Agathomyia wankowiczii on an Artist's Bracket fungus (Ganoderma applanatum)]] Platypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats. A common name is flat-footed flies, but this is also used for the closely related Opetiidae which were formerly included in the Platypezidae.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyPlatypezidae
Observations recorded18,379

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
304
With media
7
Family
Platypezidae
Collections
USNM, UAM, UCSB, NRM, UCM, CU
Recorded in
United States, Sweden

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Muscomorpha
Image
Polyporivora-picta-Platypezid-fly-20111015a.jpg
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Commons category
Platypezidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Platypezidae
taxon name
Platypezidae
taxon common name
breedvoetvliegen
diel cycle
diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Biology
  • Selected genera
  • Extinct genera
  • Species Lists
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Agathomyia wankowiczii ovipositing on an Artist's Bracket fungus thumb|Larval plant gall|galls (black objects) of [[Agathomyia wankowiczii on an Artist's Bracket fungus (Ganoderma applanatum)]] Platypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats. A common name is flat-footed flies, but this is also used for the closely related Opetiidae which were formerly included in the Platypezidae.

Some genera formerly included here have been recognized as entirely unrelated, and now placed in the asilomorph family Atelestidae. thumb|left|Platypezidae wing veins Lindneromyia sp. group-species Symmetricella

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platypezidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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