title: FAMILY PLATYSTOMATIDAE.
abstract: Platystomatidae (Signal Flies) are one of the largest families of Tephritoidea, with about 1200 species and four subfamilies, worldwide distributed. However, Platystomatidae are not well represented in the New World, and in the Neotropical Region only four genera and 26 species, belonging to Platystomatinae, are recorded. The family is a group understudied in Colombia and only one species is recorded to the country.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidade (CBio), Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69011-970, Caixa-Postal 478, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil. Fellowship CAPES/FAPEAM.; Email: lisidilli@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Lisiane Dilli
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wendt
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002377:Catalogs as Topic; D003105:Colombia; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male