Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert

Barták, Miroslav & Shamshev, Igor, 2015, Species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Uzbekistan, with descriptions of thirteen new species, Zootaxa 3926 (3), pp. 351-376 : 373

Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert

Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert, 1986: 187 .

Material examined. 1♂, 7♀, Tashkent, damp meadow, 41°24'N, 69°28'E, 16.v.1989, M. Barták; 2♂, 2♀: Samarkand, along river Zeravshan, 39°38'N, 67°04'E, 22.v.1989, M. Barták; 2♂, Samarkand, deciduous wood, 39°38'N, 67°08'E, 24.v.1989, M. Barták; 1♂, 3♀, Zeravshan res., deciduous wood, 39°38'N, 67°08'E, 24.v.1989, M. Barták; 1♂, Karamazar, damp meadow, 41°32'N, 69°48'E, 500 m, 18.v.1989, M. Barták; 5♂, 4♀, Chinaz, along Syrdarja River, 40°53'N, 68°43'E, 20.v.1989, M. Barták ( CULSP).

Remarks. Platypalpus kirtlingensis is widely distributed in Europe including the European part of Russia. The species is recorded from Middle Asia ( Uzbekistan) for the first time.