Platystoma is a genus of

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

(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 Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

, 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-Si ...

, in the Near East and in

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...

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

*'' P. aenescens'' Loew, 1868 *'' P. afghanistanicum''

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, 1977 *'' P. altaicum''

, 1978 *'' P. arcuatum'' Loew, 1856 *'' P. bezzii''

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, 1913 *'' P. bipilosum'' Portschinsky, 1875^{c g} *'' P. canum'' Portschinsky, 1875^{c g} *'' P. centralasiaticum''

, 1978 *'' P. chrysotoxum''

, 1913 *'' P. clathratum''

, 1913 *'' P. corticarum'' ( Rondani, 1869) *'' P. curvinerve''

, 1913 *'' P. dimidiatum''

, 1913 *'' P. elegans''

, 1913 *'' P. euphorbiinum'' Enderlein, 1930 *'' P. gemmationis'' ( Rondani, 1869) *'' P. gemmationis bifasciatum'' Brulle, 1832^{c g} *'' P. gilvipes'' Loew, 1868 *'' P. hendeli''

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, 1941 *'' P. ilguenense'' Bischof, 1905^{c g} *'' P. insularum'' ( Rondani, 1869) *'' P. kaszabi''

, 1978 *'' P. lativentre'' Loew, 1866 *'' P. lugubre'' (

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, 1830) *'' P. lugubre corsicarum'' ( Séguy, 1932) *'' P. lugubre pleuronitens''

, 1913 *'' P. malatiense'' Hennig, 1945 *'' P. mandschuricum'' Enderlein, 1937 *'' P. mendex''

, 1978 *'' P. meridionale''

, 1913 *'' P. meridionale idia'' Séguy, 1934 *'' P. mongolicum''

, 1978 *'' P. murinum''

, 1913 *'' P. nitidiventre''

, 1913 *'' P. obtusum''

, 1913 *'' P. oculatum''

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, 1907 *'' P. oculatum pavonis''

, 1913 *'' P. plantationis'' ( Rondani, 1869) *'' P. provinciale'' Loew, 1868 *'' P. pubescens'' Loew, 1845 *'' P. punctiventre'' Portschinsky, 1875 *'' P. rufipes'' Meigen, 1826 *'' P. seminationis'' (

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, 1775) *'' P. seminationis angustipennis'' Loew, 1854 *'' P. seminationis biseta'' Loew, 1868 *'' P. seminationis frauenfeldi'' (

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, 1867) *'' P. seminationis rufimana'' Loew, 1873 *'' P. seminationis valachiae''

, 1913 *'' P. soosi'' Krivosheina & Krivosheina, 1996 *'' P. stackelbergi''

, 1979 *'' P. strix'' Portschinsky, 1875 *'' P. suave'' Loew, 1873 *'' P. subfasciatum'' Loew, 1862 *'' P. subtile'' Loew, 1868 *'' P. tegularum'' Loew, 1859 *'' P. ussuricum'' Korneyev, 1991

References

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3018864 Diptera of Africa Muscomorph flies of Europe Platystomatidae Tephritoidea genera Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen