Platypalpus

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.

Platypalpus
Platypalpus notatus
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms
Brevios Brunetti, 1913[2] Cleptodromia Corti, 1907[3] Howlettia Brunetti, 1913[2] Phoroxypha Rondani, 1856[4]

P. pectoralis in copula

See also

• List of Platypalpus species