Platystomatinae

Platystomatinae
Platystoma lugubre
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platystomatidae
Subfamily: Platystomatinae
Schiner, 1862
Clitodoca fenestralis, Ghana
Clitodoca fenestralis, Ghana

Platystomatinae is a subfamily of flies (Diptera) in the family Platystomatidae (Signal flies) that includes 80 genera, the largest subfamily with at last estimate, c. 900 species globally.[1]

  1. ^ Whittington, A E; Kirk-Spriggs, A (2021). Kirk-Spriggs, A; Sinclair, B J (eds.). Chapter 70. Platystomatidae (Singal flies). Pretoria.: South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).