Platystoma is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
(Diptera) belonging to the family
Platystomatidae
The Platystomatidae (signal flies) are a distinctive family of flies (Diptera) in the superfamily Tephritoidea.
Signal flies are worldwide in distribution, found in all the biogeographic realms, but predominate in the tropics. It is one of the ...
.
Description
Platystoma species are small flies reaching a length of 4–10 millimeters. The body is black speckled with small whitish or yellowish markings, while the eyes are usually red. They have a quite broad proboscis (hence the Latin name ''Platystoma'', meaning "broad mouth"). The wings are blackish with clear speckles. These flies show a complex mating ritual.
Distribution
Species belonging to this genus are present in most of
Europe
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, in the eastern
Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
, in the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
and in
North Africa
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.
Taxonomy
The genus is in need of revision to clarify the position of many subspecies that are currently listed. Most of these subspecies were designated by Hennig, but some have been raised to full species since.
[Rivosecchi, L. 2000. Contribution to the knowledge of Italian species of genus ''Platystoma'' (Diptera, Platystomatidae). ''Fragmenta Entomologica'' 32(1): 163-179.] The list below incorporates those names more recently upgraded to species, but leaves the remainder of the subspecies designated by Hennig as subspecies until their position can be rectified by revision.
Species
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P. aenescens''
Loew, 1868
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P. afghanistanicum''
Soós, 1977
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P. altaicum''
Soós, 1978
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P. arcuatum''
Loew, 1856
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P. bezzii''
Hendel, 1913
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P. bipilosum''
Portschinsky, 1875 c g
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P. canum''
Portschinsky, 1875 c g
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P. centralasiaticum''
Soós, 1978
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P. chrysotoxum''
Hendel, 1913
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P. clathratum''
Hendel, 1913
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P. corticarum''
( Rondani, 1869)
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P. curvinerve''
Hendel, 1913
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P. dimidiatum''
Hendel, 1913
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P. elegans''
Hendel, 1913
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P. euphorbiinum''
Enderlein, 1930
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P. gemmationis''
( Rondani, 1869)
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P. gemmationis bifasciatum''
Brulle, 1832 c g
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P. gilvipes''
Loew, 1868
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P. hendeli''
Lindner, 1941
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P. ilguenense''
Bischof, 1905 c g
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P. insularum''
( Rondani, 1869)
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P. kaszabi''
Soós, 1978
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P. lativentre''
Loew, 1866
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P. lugubre''
( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
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P. lugubre corsicarum''
( Séguy, 1932)
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P. lugubre pleuronitens''
Hendel, 1913
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P. malatiense''
Hennig, 1945
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P. mandschuricum''
Enderlein, 1937
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P. mendex''
Soós, 1978
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P. meridionale''
Hendel, 1913
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P. meridionale idia''
Séguy, 1934
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P. mongolicum''
Soós, 1978
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P. murinum''
Hendel, 1913
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P. nitidiventre''
Hendel, 1913
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P. obtusum''
Hendel, 1913
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P. oculatum''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1907
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P. oculatum pavonis''
Hendel, 1913
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P. plantationis''
( Rondani, 1869)
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P. provinciale''
Loew, 1868
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P. pubescens''
Loew, 1845
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P. punctiventre''
Portschinsky, 1875
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P. rufipes''
Meigen, 1826
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P. seminationis''
( Fabricius, 1775)
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P. seminationis angustipennis''
Loew, 1854
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P. seminationis biseta''
Loew, 1868
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P. seminationis frauenfeldi''
(Nowicki
Nowicki ( ; feminine: Nowicka; plural: Nowiccy) is a Polish and Jewish surname. It comes from place names such as Nowice, which are derived from the Polish adjective nowy ("new"). The surname is somewhat more frequent in central Poland. It has m ...
, 1867)
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P. seminationis rufimana''
Loew, 1873
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P. seminationis valachiae''
Hendel, 1913
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P. soosi''
Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1996
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P. stackelbergi''
Soós, 1979
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P. strix''
Portschinsky, 1875
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P. suave''
Loew, 1873
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P. subfasciatum''
Loew, 1862
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P. subtile''
Loew, 1868
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P. tegularum''
Loew, 1859
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P. ussuricum''
Korneyev, 1991
References
External links
BiolibFauna Europaea
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3018864
Diptera of Africa
Muscomorph flies of Europe
Platystomatidae
Tephritoidea genera
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen