Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart

Kustov, Semen, Shamshev, Igor & Grootaert, Patrick, 2015, New data on the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 3973 (3), pp. 451-473 : 455-456

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6ECCFE93-FE57-453A-BF62-7E2375F197B7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098004
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scientific name	Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart
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Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart View in CoL

Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart, 1827: 100 View in CoL .

Material examined. RUSSIA: Krasnodarskiy Territory: Sochi district, Monaster. near Mzymta river, forest, 23– 26.vi.2008, Tomkovich (2 ♂, 2 ♀, ZMMU); Dinskoy district, 10 km N Vasyurinskaya, bank of river Kotsheta, 22.v.2013, S. Nesterenko, V. Gladun (1 ♂, 2 ♀, KSU); district Goryachy Klyuch, env. Oktyabrskiy, 29.v.2013, V.

Gladun (8 ♂, KSU); same data, 18.v.2014, S. Kustov (4 ♂, 1 ♀, KSU); Apsheronskiy District, ridge Azish-Tau, Nature Reserve “Kamyshanova Polyana”, 1200 m a.s.l., 19.vi.2013, S. Kustov (1 ♂, KSU); Anapskiy District, Utrish Nature Reserve, tract Dolgaya Niva, 29.v.2014, S. Kustov (1 ♀, KSU); same data, 3.vii.2014, V. Gladun (1 ♂, 1 ♀, KSU).

Distribution. Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (centre of European part, Krasnodarskiy Territory), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Remarks. The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. This common species is known from the submontane and mountain forests of the North-West Caucasus, active from May to July.