Platypezidae

Platypezidae
Female Polyporivora picta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Platypezoidea
Family: Platypezidae
Fallén, 1815
Genera

Numerous, see text

Synonyms

Clythiidae

Agathomyia wankowiczii ovipositing on an Artist's Bracket fungus
Larval galls (black objects) of Agathomyia wankowiczii on an Artist's Bracket fungus (Ganoderma applanatum)[1]

Platypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats. A common name is flat-footed flies, but this is also used for the closely related Opetiidae which were formerly included in the Platypezidae.[2][3]

Some genera formerly included here have been recognized as entirely unrelated, and now placed in the asilomorph family Atelestidae.

Platypezidae wing veins Lindneromyia sp. group-species Symmetricella
  1. ^ Brian Spooner; Peter Roberts (1 April 2005). Fungi. Collins. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-00-220152-0. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  2. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1991). Platypezidae. 'In: Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (eds.). Catalogue of Palearctic Diptera. Vol. 7. Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum. pp. 205–217.
  3. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (2001). The Flat-footed flies (Opetiidae and Platypezidae) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 36. Leiden: Brill. pp. 1–278. ISBN 90-04-12023-8.