Platypeza is a genus of flat-footed flies (insects in the family Platypezidae). There are at least 30 described species in Platypeza.

Platypeza hirticeps

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus Platypeza:

  • Platypeza alternata Kessel and Kessel, 1967i c g
  • Platypeza anthrax Loew, 1869i c g b
  • Platypeza aterrima Walker, 1835c g
  • Platypeza banksi Johnson, 1923i c g
  • Platypeza burmensis Chandler, 1994c g
  • Platypeza cinerea Snow, 1894i c g
  • Platypeza coeruleoceps Matsumura, 1931c g
  • Platypeza consobrina Zetterstedt, 1844c g
  • Platypeza egregia Snow, 1894i c g
  • Platypeza eoa Shatalkin, 1981c g
  • Platypeza fasciata Meigen, 1803
  • Platypeza femina Kessel and Kessel, 1967i c g
  • Platypeza gyrodroma Shatalkin, 1985c g
  • Platypeza hirticeps Verrall, 1901
  • Platypeza inornata Loew, 1858c g
  • Platypeza lugens Loew, 1858c g
  • Platypeza malaisei Chandler, 1994c g
  • Platypeza melanostola Shatalkin, 1980c g
  • Platypeza mexicana Kessel and Kessel, 1966i c g
  • Platypeza millironi Kessel, 1966i c g
  • Platypeza nudifacies Shatalkin, 1980c g
  • Platypeza nudifascies Shatalkin, 1980c g
  • Platypeza obscura Loew, 1866i c g
  • Platypeza pulla Snow, 1895i c g
  • Platypeza rhodesiensis (Kessel, 1957)c g
  • Platypeza sauteri (Oldenberg, 1914)c g
  • Platypeza taeniata Snow, 1894i c g b
  • Platypeza tephrura Shatalkin, 1985c g
  • Platypeza thomasseti Brunnetti, 1929c g
  • Platypeza thomseni Shannon, 1927c g
  • Platypeza tucumana Shannon, 1927c g
  • Platypeza unicolor Snow, 1895i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). . Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

  • Media related to Platypeza at Wikimedia Commons