Summary description from Wikipedia:

Platystomatidae in languages:

Afrikaans

Rooikopvlieë

Chinese

廣口蠅科 (寬口蠅科)

Czech

temnatkovití

English

Signal Flies

German

Breitmundfliegen

German

Breitmaulfliegen

Japanese

ヒロクチバエ科

Korean

알락파리과

Modern Greek

Πλατυστοματίδες

Russian

Мухи-сигнальщицы

Swedish

bredmunsflugor

Ukrainian

Сигнальницеві мухи

Ukrainian

Платистоматиди

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Parent Taxon

• Diptera

Sibling Taxa

• Ctenostylidae
• Lonchaeidae
• Pallopteridae
• Piophilidae
• Platystomatidae
• Pyrgotidae
• Richardiidae
• Tachiniscidae
• Tephritidae
• Ulidiidae

Child Taxa

• Angelopteromyia
• Angitula
• Cladoderris
• Coelocephala
• Conopariella
• Engistoneura
• Laglaizia
• Lulodes
• Paryphodes
• Phytalmodes
• Piara
• Plastotephritinae
• Platystomatinae
• Poecilotraphera
• Pseudepicausta
• Pseudorichardia
• Pterogenomyia
• Rhytidortalis
• Scholastinae
• Seguyopiara
• Trapherinae
• Xenaspis
• Xiria

Top Observation Places

• Thāne
• Taipei
• Neihu
• Semenyih
• Kuala Lumpur
• Ampang
• Shenzhen
• Kowloon
• Sha Tin
• Tseung Kwan O
• Kwai Chung
• Tsuen Wan
• Tin Shui Wai
• Tai Po
• Fanling
• Ma On Shan
• Tsing Yi Town
• Yuen Long Kau Hui
• Queenstown Estate