Platypalpus Macquart, 1827

Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding & Lin, Kejian, 2024, The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species, ZooKeys 1198, pp. 87-99 : 87

Platypalpus Macquart, 1827

Type species.

Musca cursitans Fabricius, 1775 (by designation of Westwood 1840).

Diagnosis.

Small to middle-sized, body length 2.0-4.0 mm; eyes narrowly separated on face; proboscis significantly shorter than head height, palpus very small, rounded; 2 pairs of vts; first flagellomere short-conical or long-conical; distinctive humerus, no distinctive humeral bristle; 2-6 rows of acrostichal bristles separated with dc; dense acrostichal on mesonotum, acr multiseriate, mixed with dc; costa vein terminating at apex of M1+2; subcostal vein not reaching costal margin of wings; R4+5 and M1+2 parallel or distinctly convergent apically; anal vein weak or absent; 1st and 2nd basal cell short; anal cell significantly smaller than basal cell; no discal cell; fore femur slightly thickened; mid leg raptorial, significantly thickened, with 2 rows of short black spine-like ventral bristle; mid femur slightly curved, with 1 sparse row of black spine-like ventral bristles and 1 apical spur, apex of male abdomen rotating to right ( Chvála 1975; Grootaert and Chvála 1992).