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From Wikipedia:
Platystomatidae are worldwide in distribution and one of the larger families of acalypterate Diptera (over 1,000 species of fossil and living forms in some 50 genera have been described). Adults of living taxa contain some of the more morphologically bizarre forms of all the Diptera and can be found on tree trunks and foliage. They are attracted to flowers, decaying fruit, excrement, sweat, and decomposing snails. Larvae are found on both fresh and decaying vegetation, carrion, human corpses, and root nodules. Most larvae are either phytophagous or saprophagous; however, some have been recorded as predaceous on other insects and others have been observed feeding on human lesions.
| Species | Reference source | Collection |
| Platystoma angustipennis Loew, 1854 | Bet Dagan | |
| Platystoma arcuatum Loew, 1856 | Bet Dagan | |
| Platystoma obtusum Hendel | Bet Dagan |
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