Platypalpus nigrinus (Meigen)

Tachydromia nigrina Meigen, 1822: 76 .

Material examined. RUSSIA: Karachay-Cherkess Republic: Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve, env. homestead, mountain Malaya Hatipara, alpine meadow, 2700 m a.s.l., 25.vi.1968, Gorodkov (1 ♀, ZIN).

Distribution. Austria, Germany, Italy, Russia (Karachay-Cherkessia), Switzerland.

Remarks. This alpine species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time.