Platypalpus infectus (Collin)

Tachydromia infecta Collin, 1926: 152 .

Material examined. AZERBAIJAN: Pirkuli, 22 km N Shemachi, forest, 20.v.1972, V. Richter (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZIN); Kahi, 26.v.1978, V. Richter (2 ♀, ZIN). RUSSIA: Adygea Republic: Teutezskiy district, Tlustenhabl, bank of river Kuban, 2.v.2010, V. Gladun (2 ♂, KSU). Dagestan Republic: Terekli-Mekteb, 16.v.1972, V. Richter (1 ♂, ZIN). Krasnodarskiy Territory: district Goryachy Klyuch, env. Oktyabrskiy, 25.iv.2010, S. Kustov (4 ♂, 3 ♀, KSU); Krasnodar, park 30 let Pobedi, 21.iv.2013, S. Kustov (5 ♂, KSU); same data, Vostochno-Kruglikovskiy, 15.iv.2013, S. Kustov (1 ♂, 2 ♀, KSU); Abinskiy district, env. Shabshugskaya, bank of river Adygoi, 2.v.2013, S. Nesterenko (1 ♀,KSU); Anapskiy District, Utrish Nature Reserve, tract Dolgaya Niva, 17.iv.2014, S. Kustov (1 ♀, KSU); same data, 28.vii.2014, S. Kustov (2 ♂, KSU).

Distribution. Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, UK, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia (north-western and central European parts, Adygea, Dagestan, Krasnodarskiy Territory), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Remarks. The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. This common species is known from lowland areas and submontane and mountain forests of the Caucasus, and is active during April-July.