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Platypalpus

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Platypalpus
Platypalpus notatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Tachydromiinae
Tribe: Tachydromiini
Genus: Platypalpus
Macquart, 1827[1]
Type species
Musca cursitans
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
P. pectoralis in copula

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

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  1. ^ Macquart, P.J.M. (1828). Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Platypezines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides. Lille. pp. 159 pp., 1 pl.
  2. ^ a b Brunetti, Enrico (1913). "New Indian Empididae". Records of the Indian Museum. 9: 11–45. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ Corti, Emilio (1907). "Eine neue Art der Dipterengattung Tachydromia (Mg.) Lw". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 26: 101–102. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.8876. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  4. ^ Rondani, Camillo (1856). Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Parmae [= Parma].: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2] pp.
  5. ^ Chvála, Milan (1975). The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 3. Klampenborg: Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. pp. 1–336. ISBN 87-87491-04-4.