Platystoma seminationis (Fabricius, 1775)
(Kiss Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
FamilyPLATYSTOMATIDAE (signal flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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)
Records of Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly) :
1: Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: Antero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Antero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Dorso-lateral view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Dorso-lateral view - in situ - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 6: Lateral view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Mating pair - front three-quarter view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Mating pair - lateral view - on hand - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Postero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlarged
2: Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
23 May 2006 OSGR: SU36 51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: Imago - close-ups
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 6: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey background (3)Image 7: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey background (4)Image 8: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey background (5)Image 9: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - grey background (6)Image 10: Head and thorax - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 13: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 14: Specimen - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 16: Ventral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 17: Ventral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 18: Ventral view - close-up - enlarged (4)
3: Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
23 Jun 1972 OSGR: SE75 54° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W England
Image 1: Anterolateral view - enlargedImage 2: Anterolateral view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Lateral view - enlargedImage 5: Lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 6: Laterodorsal view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gunter, R. The dancing "Kiss Fly" (Platystoma seminationis) www.naturbildarchiv-guenter.de/en/picture-stories/flies/kiss-fly/the-dancing-kiss-fly-br-iplatystoma-seminationisi/

Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Platystoma seminationis (Kiss Fly)
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