Platypygus turkmenorum Paramonov

Gharali, Babak, Evenhuis, Neal L. & Almeida, Jorge, 2013, World synopsis of described species of the genus Platypygus Loew (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae), Zootaxa 3745 (2), pp. 199-242 : 234-236

Platypygus turkmenorum Paramonov

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Platypygus turkmenorum Paramonov, 1929: 145 , 209. Engel, 1933: 127. Paramonov, 1934: 21. Liepa, 1969: 19. Hull, 1973: 262. Evenhuis, 1983: 491; 2002: 26. Zaitzev, 1989: 45.

Material examined. Types: TURKMENISTAN: 1 male paratype / Typus Platypygus turkmenorum sp. nov. / Askhabad, Transcaspia, 21.IV.26 / Paramonov leg./ Zool. Mus. Berlin (ZMHB).

Notes on types. Paramonov (1929) originally described Platypygus turkmenorum based on 20 male specimens from “Aschabad, Transcaspia” [= Ashkabad, Turkmenistan] collected on 21 April 1926 by Paramonov. Paramonov (1929) stated “ Typus in meiner Sammlung” and there is a single specimen labeled “ Typus ” in SIZK, which contains Paramonov’s personal collection, so it is the holotype specimen. Of the original 20 specimens, only two (1 in ZMHB and 1 in SIZK) were located by Evenhuis (2002). We have not been able to trace the remaining 18 specimens. We were able to examine the specimen in ZMHB, which although it is labeled as “ Typus ” is a surviving paratype. The holotype in SIZK carries the labels “Ashkabad/ Transcaspia/ 21.IV.26 / Paramonov leg./ Platypygus turkmenorum / Typus / Paramonov det. ” and is double mounted with a minuten (V. Korneyev, in litt. 25 July 2000).

Diagnostic features. Frons yellow with V-shaped black mark near base of antennae; antennae completely black ( Fig. 23 a); postgena normal without posterior extension; occiput black, upper part of occiput with long yellowish hairs ( Fig. 23 d); mesonotum ( Fig. 23 b) minutely hairy, yellow with large contiguous black pattern medially, mark extending anteriorly as stripe to anterior margin of mesonotum; postpronotal lobes and postalar calli yellow; lateral margins of mesonotum yellow; lateral black spot next to transverse suture coalesced with median pattern; black prescutellar area with large yellow oval spot; scutellum completely yellow; halter yellow; costa ends slightly beyond vein R4+5; crossvein r-m at middle of cell dm ( Fig. 23 c); legs yellow.

Male genitalia. Due to the paucity of available specimens, we did not dissect the male paratype in ZMHB.

Distribution. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Remarks. . Females of this species are unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Platypygus turkmenorum male paratype: a — head (anterior view), b — mesonotum (dorsal view), c — wing, d — adult habit (lateral view). Scale bars = 1 mm.