The Platystomatidae fauna of Israel is reviewed. Eleven species in two genera, Platystoma Meigen and Rivellia Robineau- Desvoidy, are recognized. Ten of the eleven species are recorded from Israel for the first time, and six of them are de-scribed as new: Platystoma dalia n. sp., P. elizabethae n. sp., P. geula n. sp., P. torridum n. sp., P. trigonum n. sp., and Rivellia israelica n. sp. Detailed
... [Show full abstract] descriptions, redescriptions, illustrations, and keys to all local platystomatid taxa are pro-vided. The complete life-cycle of P. torridum n. sp. is reported, with descriptions and illustrations of egg, 3rd instar larva, and puparium.