Platypalpus

Platypalpus is a genus of hybotid flies. It is worldwide in distribution, but best represented in Europe, with over 200 species.[1] There are at least 580 described species in Platypalpus worldwide.[2][3][4][5]

Platypalpus
Platypalpus notatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Tachydromiinae
Genus: Platypalpus
Macquart, 1827
Type species
Musca cursitans[1]
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
  • Cleptodromia Corti, 1907

See also

References
  1. Chvála, Milan (1975). The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (paperback). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 3. Klampenborg: Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. pp. 1–336. ISBN 87-87491-04-4.
  2. "Platypalpus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. "Platypalpus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. "Platypalpus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. "Browse Platypalpus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
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