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Genus of flies

Platyopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Platyopsis
Parent, 1929
Species: P. maroccanus
Binomial name
Platyopsis maroccanus
(Parent, 1929)
Synonyms

Hercostomus maroccanus Parent, 1929

Platyopsis is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains a single species, Platyopsis maroccanus, from Morocco and Algeria. According to a cladistic analysis by Brooks (2005), the genus appears closely related to Stenopygium and Pelastoneurus.

References

  1. ^ Parent, O. (1929). "Etudes sur les Dolichopodides". Encyclopèdie Entomologique (B II) Diptera. 5: 1–18.
  2. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
  3. Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
Taxon identifiers
Platyopsis
Platyopsis maroccanus


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