Platypalpus silvahumidus Barták & Kubík

Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2016, New species and new synonyms in European Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae), Zootaxa 4175 (2), pp. 142-154 : 147-148

Platypalpus silvahumidus Barták & Kubík

( Figs 10–12 )

Platypalpus silvahumidus Barták & Kubík, 2015: 6 .

Material examined. Czech Republic. 1 Ƌ, Bohemia centr. (5857b), Hradčany, PP Báň, 6–20.v.2003, Malaise trap, B. Mocek ; 1 ♀, Bohemia centr. (5857), NPR Žehuňská obora, slínoviště, stráně [= marl hillside], 6.v.2003, B. Mocek ( CULSP).

Redescription. Male. Very similar to female (see original description) except usual sexual differences in terminal abdominal segments. The only male at our disposal lost its head, scutellum bears an additional small subbasal seta (third pair) and legs are paler yellow with only last segments of hind tarsi darkened on apical 3–4 segments. Abdomen entirely lustrous including genital lamellae. Genitalia ( Figs 10–12 ): left epandrial lamella ( Fig. 12 ) ovoid, with several short setae both dorsally and ventrally and with small subbasal dorsal constriction (not visible in lateral view); right epandrial lamella (fig. 10) with rather square-shaped surstylus; cerci ( Fig. 11 ) digitiform. Length: wing 2.3 mm.

Distribution. Czech Republic.

Remarks. The holotype of this species is female in spite erroneously marked as male in the original description.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 12. Platypalpus silvahumidus Barták & Kubík, 2015. 10, right epandrial lamella; 11, cerci; 12, left epandrial lamella.