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Signal Flies
Platystomatidae
The Platystomatidae (signal flies) are a distinctive family of flies (Diptera). Signal flies are worldwide in distribution, found in all the ecozones, but predominate in the tropics. It is one of the larger families of acalyptrate Diptera with around 1200 species in 119 genera.
14 branches of this family, most-observed first
Platystomatinae
subfamilyPlatystomatinae
Scholastinae
subfamilyScholastinae
Trapherinae
subfamilyTrapherinae
Plastotephritinae
subfamilyPlastotephritinae
Icteracantha
genusIcteracantha
Parardelio
genusParardelio
Xyrogena
genusXyrogena
Mezona
genusMezona
Eumeka
genusEumeka
Brea
genusBrea
Oedemachilus
genusOedemachilus
Philocompus
genusPhilocompus
Rhegmatosaga
genusRhegmatosaga
Eudasys
genusEudasys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62007.