Platypalpus luteicornis (Meigen)

Kustov, Semen, Shamshev, Igor & Grootaert, Patrick, 2015, New data on the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus with description of seven new species, Zootaxa 3973 (3), pp. 451-473 : 460

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098016
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scientific name	Platypalpus luteicornis (Meigen)
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Platypalpus luteicornis (Meigen) View in CoL

Tachydromia luteicornis Meigen, 1838: 97 View in CoL .

Material examined. RUSSIA: Karachay-Cherkess Republic: Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve, 1300 m a.s.l., 6.v.1964, Gorodkov (1 ♂, ZIN); same locality, Kurort, 23.v.1964, Gorodkov (4 ♂, ZIN).

Distribution. Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (north-western and central European part, Karachay-Cherkessia), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland,.

Remarks. The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. Platypalpus luteicornis is known only from the mountain forests of Central Caucasus and is active in May.

References

Meigen, J. W. (1838) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Siebenter Theil oder Supplementband. Schultz, Hamm, xii + 434 + [1] pp.