Platypezidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 29

Platypezidae ( Fig. 67 )

The platypezids comprise 250 extant species, grouped into four subfamilies and 18 genera ( Chandler 2021). The family was not treated in CDASUS. For Chile, there is only one reference to Lindneromyia brunnescens ( Collin 1931) .

Figures

FIGURES 62–67. Platypezoidea of Chile: (62) Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallen) (Lonchopteridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (63) Puyehuemyia chandleri Amorim, Silva & Brown (Opetiidae, photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (64) Archiphora cf. patagonica (Schmitz) (Phoridae, photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (65) Phorid fly species feed on juices (Phoridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (66) phorid fly attacking to Camponotus ant. The yellow arrows identify the flies (Phoridae, photo by Patrich Cerpa), and (67) Platypezidae (photo by Matías Gargiulo).