Platypalpus Macquart, 1827
(a genus of dance flies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPlatypalpus (a genus of dance flies)
FamilyHYBOTIDAE (a family of flies)
SuperfamilyEMPIDOIDEA (dance flies, dagger flies, long-legged flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Empidoidea (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Plant, A.R. 2006 Illustrations of previously unfigured male genitalia of British species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotidae) Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 33-37.

Platypalpus (a genus of dance flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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