''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 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus '' Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally a ...
. It is found in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
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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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