| Platypezina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Platypezidae |
| Genus: | Platypezina Wahlgren, 1910 [1] |
| Synonyms | |
Platypezina is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
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.
Agonum is a large genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae, tribe Platynini. They are mid-sized to smallish beetles, typically with dark metallic hues – often reddish or bronze, but sometimes black, green etc.
Phloeostichidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea. They are typically found under the bark of dead trees. Larvae have been found to consume plant tissue and some fungi, while the adults appear to be exclusively fungivores. The family contains four extant genera, Phloeostichus is native to the Palearctic, Rhopalobrachium is native to central-southern South America and eastern Australia, Hymaea is native to southeastern Australia, and Bunyastichus is found in Tasmania.
Ethonion is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Callomyia is a genus of flies in the family Platypezidae. Some species can be found in Belgium.
Mimocolliuris is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 17 described species in Mimocolliuris.
Sphenophorus is a genus of weevils, often known as billbugs, in the family Curculionidae, and tribe Sphenophorini. Eleven species of billbugs infest managed turfgrass in North America.
Aerenea is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Polyporivora is a genus of flat-footed flies. There are about eight described species in Polyporivora.
Platypeza is a genus of flat-footed flies. There are at least 30 described species in Platypeza.
Grossoseta pacifica is a species of flat-footed flies.
Grossoseta is a genus of flat-footed flies. There are at least two described species in Grossoseta.
Trichostola is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed on the Mascarene Islands. Some species placed in the genus have also been described from mainland Africa and Madagascar, but according to Jan Bechyné (1957) these actually belong to other genera. Additionally, some species described from Australia were placed in the genus by Julius Weise in 1923, but these are also considered to be misplaced.
Platypeza consobrina is a species of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Agathomyia is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Grossoseta johnsoni is a species of flat-footed flies.
Microsania is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Paraplatypeza is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.
Platypezina diversa is a species of fly in the genus Platypezina.
Parisopalpus nigronotatus, known by its common name, the spotted lax beetle, is a species of false blister beetles. It was first identified by Carl Henrik Boheman in 1858, under the name Nacerdes nigronotata. Native to eastern Australia, the species was introduced to New Zealand in 1931.
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