Platypalpus subarticulatus Raffone

Platypalpus subarticulatus Raffone, 2002c: 3 .

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♀, labelled: “Litorale Veneto, Lido Jesolo, A. Giordani Soika / 5-VI-62 / Dune Schoenetum / Tachydromia sp. n. nr. articulata / Platypalpus pseudoarticulatus [SIC!] n. sp. det. Raffone G. 2000 / Holotypus ♀ / Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Venezia Materiale tipico descritto Inv. n. 05076” (MSNV) .

Notes on type material. The holotype is well preserved (only last segment of left hind tarsus and last four segments of right hind tarsus missing) and it is a specimen of P. articulatus .

Platypalpus subarticulatus is considered a new junior synonym of P. articulatus .