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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Signal Flies (Platystomatidae) » Platystoma » Platystoma seminationis

Species Platystoma seminationis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Fruit fly - Platystoma seminationis Signal fly Platystoma seminationis - Platystoma seminationis Many-spotted Fly - Platystoma seminationis Platystoma seminationis? - Platystoma seminationis Platystoma seminationis? - Platystoma seminationis Diptera - Platystoma seminationis Platystoma seminationis - male - female Platystoma seminationis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Platystomatidae (Signal Flies)
Genus Platystoma
Species seminationis (Platystoma seminationis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Also called Platystoma seminatione, but "seminationis is a noun in the genitive case (from 'seminatio') and does not change according to the gender of genus name (neutrum in Platystoma)." (Comment by Valery Korneyev on faunaeur.org.)
Explanation of Names
Platystoma seminationis (Fabricius 1775)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA
Remarks
earliest record in our area: Chicago area, 2003
The biology of Platystoma is poorly known, but most species, like the majority of Platystomatidae, are probably saprophages as larvae. (Norrbom & Curtis 2006)
Print References
Norrbom A.L., Curtis R. (2006) Platystoma seminationis (Fabricius) (Diptera: Platystomatidae) introduced to the United States. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 474-475.
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 31 May, 2007 - 12:36pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2014 - 1:51am

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