PLATYSTOMATIDAE
(signal flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Platystoma seminationis
Kiss Fly
(Click to open)
 		Species 34 images 1 ident. refs
Rivellia syngenesiae
a signal fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of 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)

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

Newsletters

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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies)
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