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Platomma

Platomma is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.

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Platomma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephrellini
Genus: Platomma
Bezzi, 19241
Type species
Trypeta lunifera
Loew, 18612

Platomma is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.3

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References

  1. Bezzi, M. (1924). "South African trypaneid Diptera in the collection of the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 19: 449–577. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. Loew, H. (1861). "Ueber die afrikanischen Trypetina". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 5: 253–306, pl. II. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
  4. Munro, H.K. (1963). "Trypetidae (Diptera) associated with the plant Monechma (Acanthaceae) in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park" (PDF). Koedoe. 6: 51–65. Retrieved 1 March 2021.