Platypalpus infectus (Collin)

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 : 456

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6ECCFE93-FE57-453A-BF62-7E2375F197B7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098006
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scientific name	Platypalpus infectus (Collin)
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Platypalpus infectus (Collin) View in CoL

Tachydromia infecta Collin, 1926: 152 .

Material examined. AZERBAIJAN: Pirkuli, 22 km N Shemachi, forest, 20.v.1972, V. Richter (1 ♂, 1 ♀, ZIN); Kahi, 26.v.1978, V. Richter (2 ♀, ZIN). RUSSIA: Adygea Republic: Teutezskiy district, Tlustenhabl, bank of river Kuban, 2.v.2010, V. Gladun (2 ♂, KSU). Dagestan Republic: Terekli-Mekteb, 16.v.1972, V. Richter (1 ♂, ZIN). Krasnodarskiy Territory: district Goryachy Klyuch, env. Oktyabrskiy, 25.iv.2010, S. Kustov (4 ♂, 3 ♀, KSU); Krasnodar, park 30 let Pobedi, 21.iv.2013, S. Kustov (5 ♂, KSU); same data, Vostochno-Kruglikovskiy, 15.iv.2013, S. Kustov (1 ♂, 2 ♀, KSU); Abinskiy district, env. Shabshugskaya, bank of river Adygoi, 2.v.2013, S. Nesterenko (1 ♀,KSU); Anapskiy District, Utrish Nature Reserve, tract Dolgaya Niva, 17.iv.2014, S. Kustov (1 ♀, KSU); same data, 28.vii.2014, S. Kustov (2 ♂, KSU).

Distribution. Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, UK, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia (north-western and central European parts, Adygea, Dagestan, Krasnodarskiy Territory), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Remarks. The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. This common species is known from lowland areas and submontane and mountain forests of the Caucasus, and is active during April-July.