PLATYPEZIDAE
(flat-footed flies)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Agathomyia a genus of big-footed flies					Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Callomyia a genus of big-footed flies					Genus	1 subtaxa	19 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	PLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies)
Superfamily	PLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
Infraorder	Eremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

PLATYPEZIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Chandler, P.J.	2001	The Flat-footed Flies (Diptera: Opetiidae and Platypezidae) of Europe	Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 36, 278pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
	Reemer, M. & de Jong, H.	2016	De Nederlandse breedvoetvliegen en basterdbreedvoetvliegen (Platypezidae & Opetiidae)	Entomologische tabellen Nederlandse Faunistische Medelingen No 10.

PLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

PLATYPEZIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)