Platypalpus annulatus ( Fallén, 1815 )

Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4410 (3), pp. 453-482 : 468

Platypalpus annulatus ( Fallén, 1815)

Material examined. Aydın prov.: 6♂, 3♀, 8 km S of Çine , river bank, 68 m, PT, 37°32′34′′N, 28°03′46′′E, Barták, Kubík, 29.iv.–1.v.2016 ; Gaziantep prov.: 1♂, 3♀, Birecik E from Gaziantep, pastures SE from town, 37.00N, 38.00E env. [= environment], V. Vrabec 24–25.iv.1997 ; Hatay prov. : 1♂ , Turkey, Ceulik nr. Samandag, meadow nr. Titus Tünneli env., 36.07°N, 35.52E env., V. Vrabec 2–23.iv.1997 ; Muğla prov.: 2♂, 1♀, same data, 21.ix.2012 ; 1♂, Akyaka , salty meadow, SW + PT, 37°02′53′′N, 28°19′39′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28.iv.-9.v.2013 ; 1♂, Akyaka , pasture, 37°03′19′′N, 28°20′07′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28.iv.-8.v.2013 ; 1♂, Merkez co. Yenice, 8.x.2006 —all CULSP .

Remarks. Broadly distributed species in Western Palaearctic, from North Africa to Scandinavia (but rare in the North), eastwards to Turkmenistan, and also the Nearctic Region. Specimens from Turkey have entirely yellow legs similar to many other specimens from Mediterranean countries in CULSP collections. These are the first records for Turkey.