Platypalpus | |
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Platypalpus notatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Hybotidae |
Subfamily: | Tachydromiinae |
Tribe: | Tachydromiini |
Genus: | Platypalpus Macquart, 1827[1] |
Type species | |
Musca cursitans Fabricius, 1775
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Synonyms | |
Platypalpus is a genus of hybotid flies. It is worldwide in distribution, but best represented in Europe, with over 200 species.[5] There are at least 580 described species in Platypalpus worldwide.