Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart

Platypalpus cothurnatus Macquart, 1827: 100 .

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.