''Sciapus platypterus'' is a species of fly in the family
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally are ...
. It is found in the
Palearctic
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 ...
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[Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions ''Faune de France'' 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig]
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Sciapodinae
Insects described in 1805
Asilomorph flies of Europe
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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