Platypalpus
Genus of insects
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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 | |
|---|---|
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| Platypalpus notatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Hybotidae |
| Subfamily: | Tachydromiinae |
| Tribe: | Tachydromiini |
| Genus: | Platypalpus Macquart, 1827[1] |
| Type species | |
| Musca cursitans Fabricius, 1775 | |
| Synonyms | |
