Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species
Barták, Miroslav
Kubík, Štěpán
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-18
4410
3
453
482
4JV33
Chvala, 1972
Chvala
1972
[151,616,654,680]
Insecta
Hybotidae
Platypalpus
GBIF
Animalia
Diptera
18
471
Arthropoda
species
granadensis
Materialexamined. Muğlaprov.: 2♂, 6♀, MuğlaUniversity campus, MT, 720 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′13′′E, H. Kavak, iv.2015( CULSP).
Remarks.This species was previously known from the female holotypefrom Spain( Chvála 1981). Our female specimens agree exactly with the original description except the mid femur bears anterior (or slightly anterodorsal) setae, of which at least 1–2 but usually 3–4 are dark at least on apical half of the femur and also strong and dark anteroventral setae are on the apical half of the femur. In original description and illustration ( Chvála 1981: 147, fig. a) these setae are not mentioned; however, B. Sinclair (Ottawa) kindly examined the female holotypeand found anteroventral setae to be present, but not as strong as in our specimen (he compared the holotypewith photo of our specimen). Also the anterior setae are present, but they “appear to be slender and long, not readily distinguished from finer setae” (B. Sinclair pers. comm. 2017). The postpedicel in our specimens is 1.95X longer than the stylus (mean, standard deviation = 0.22) exactly the same value as obtained by measuring Chvála ′s fig. b. However, direct measuring of holotypeshowed this ratio to be 1.66 (B. Sinclair, pers. comm. 2017). Genitalia are very similar to those of P. longicornis(compare Chvála 1975, figs 329–331), only left epandrial lamella is slightly concave ventrally and both cerci are more rounded apically). Platypalpus granadensisis undoubtedly closely related to P. longicornis, as already stated by Chvála (1981). Besides differences given in this paper, the mid tibial spur is distinct, rather long and flat in P. granadensis(also apparent from Chvála 1981, fig. a) which disagrees with the statement: “No apical spur on mid tibia” in original description; however, it is almost absent in P. longicornis. These are the first records for Turkey.
1838187833
2015-04
CULSP
720
37.161667
Mugla prov.
19
28.370277
Material
18
471
8
6
2
Mugla