Signal Flies

Platystomatidae

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Platystomatidae (Signal Flies) is a family of flies.

EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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0.0117 million years ago
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Mozambique
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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2
number of public records in BOLD
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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758

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Signal flies. View this species on GBIF

Signal flies Habitats

The environments in which many Signal flies species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Signal flies species checklist.

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Signal Fly Habitats

The environments in which many Signal flies species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Signal flies species checklist.

Signal Flies

Platystomatidae

Signal flies Habitats

Signal Fly Habitats

Signal flies includes 122 children: