Platyopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
Genus: |
Platyopsis Parent, 1929 [1] |
Species: | P. maroccanus
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Binomial name | |
Platyopsis maroccanus | |
Synonyms | |
Hercostomus maroccanus Parent, 1929 |
Platyopsis is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] It contains a single species, Platyopsis maroccanus, from Morocco and Algeria. According to a cladistic analysis by Brooks (2005), the genus appears closely related to Stenopygium and Pelastoneurus. [3]