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Platypalpus albicornis Zetterstedt

Description

Platypalpus albicornis (Zetterstedt)

Tachydromia albicornis Zetterstedt, 1842: 279.

Material examined. RUSSIA: Krasnodarskiy Territory: Novonikolaevskaya, 40 km NNE Slavyansk-na- Kubani, 23.vi.1990, Nartshuk (3 ♂, 2 ♀, ZIN); Korenovskiy district, env. Kazatshiy, 25.v.2008, B. Volfov (1 ♀, KSU); Dinskoy district, 10 km N Vasyurinskaya, bank of river Kocheta, 22.v.2013, S. Nesterenko, V. Gladun (1 ♀, KSU); Tamanskiy Peninsula, env. Sennoy, steppe, 12.vi.2011, I. Shamshev (3 ♀, ZIN); same locality, beach of Tamanskiy Bay env. Sennoy, 9.vi.2013, S. Kustov (3 ♂, 5 ♀, KSU); same locality, 10.v.2014 (1 ♂, KSU).

Distribution. Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (north-west of European part, Krasnodarskiy Territory), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland.

Remarks. The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. This is a common lowland-restricted, spring-summer species, particularly active from May to June.

Notes

Published as part of Kustov, Semen, Shamshev, Igor & Grootaert, Patrick, 2015, New data on the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus with description of seven new species, pp. 451-473 in Zootaxa 3973 (3) on page 454, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/245761

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zetterstedt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Hybotidae
Genus
Platypalpus
Species
albicornis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Zetterstedt, J. W. (1842) Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund], xvi + 440 pp.