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<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFF62FB97FDC3FF15" authority="(Costa)" baseAuthorityName="Costa" box="[151,520,151,178]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
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<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF62FB97FE6DFF16" bold="true" box="[151,422,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Platypygus ridibundus</emphasis>
(Costa)
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(
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFF6AFBBAFEEEFF74" box="[159,293,186,211]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 16" captionStart-1="FIGURE 17" captionStart-2="FIGURE 18" captionStartId-0="28.[151,249,1956,1978]" captionStartId-1="29.[151,249,1777,1799]" captionStartId-2="30.[151,249,1985,2007]" captionTargetBox-0="[205,1390,198,1934]" captionTargetBox-1="[168,1423,208,1742]" captionTargetId-0="figure@28.[198,1390,195,1934]" captionTargetId-1="figure@29.[151,1436,193,1754]" captionTargetPageId-0="28" captionTargetPageId-1="29" captionText-0="FIGURE 16. Platypygus ridibundus: a — male lectotype of P. tauricus Paramonov (lateral view), b — specimen from Portugal (dorsolateral view of head), c — specimen from Portugal (lateral view), d — wing, e — unlaid egg." captionText-1="FIGURE 17. Male genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus: a—gonocoxites (dorsal view), b—epandrium (dorsal view), c—phallic complex (dorsal view), d— (dorsal view), e—base of phallic complex (lateral view). Scales are the same for figures a-e." captionText-2="FIGURE 18. Female genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/248565/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/248566/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Figs. 1618</figureCitation>
)
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<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFF62FA03FE3BFEBF" authority="Costa, 1863: 52" authorityName="Costa" authorityPageNumber="52" authorityYear="1863" box="[151,496,258,280]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Popsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibunda">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF62FA03FE8CFEBF" box="[151,327,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Popsia ridibunda</emphasis>
Costa, 1863: 52
</taxonomicName>
. Loew, 1873: 206. Pagano, 1901: 270. Bezzi, 1924: 3. Paramonov, 1939: 28. François, 1966: 158. Hall, 1975: 3. Evenhuis, 1991: 63. El Hawagry, 2011: 138.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B810A64FF81460CFF62FA40FDC7FE77" blockId="26.[151,1436,258,526]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFF62FA40FE19FEF1" authority="(Costa)" baseAuthorityName="Costa" box="[151,466,320,342]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF62FA40FEB6FEF1" box="[151,381,320,342]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Platypygus ridibundus</emphasis>
(Costa)
</taxonomicName>
. Becker
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFDD8FA41FD90FEF1" box="[557,603,320,342]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">et al</emphasis>
., 1903: 192. Kertész, 1909: 97. Verrall, 1909: 14. Bezzi, 1926: 259. Paramonov, 1926: 87; 1929: 205; 1934: 16. Engel, 1933: 126. François, 1966: 157. Hennig, 1969: 59, 61; 1972: 16. Zaitzev, 1969: 558; 1989: 45. Mühlenberg, 1971: 20. Hull, 1973: 262. Evenhuis, 1983: 487; 2002: 26. Theodor, 1983: 33. Nagatomi
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFA94FA7EFA5BFE34" box="[1377,1424,381,403]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">et al</emphasis>
., 1991: 596. Contini
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFE7BFA9DFE70FE15" box="[398,443,412,434]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">et al</emphasis>
., 1995: 6. Hasbenli &amp;Aktaş, 1995: 150. Carles-Tolrá &amp; Báez, 2002: 108. Papp, 2003: 316; 2004: 137. Koçak &amp; Kemal, 2009: 49.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFF62FAD9FD92FE48" authority="Paramonov, 1926: 88" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="88" authorityYear="1926" box="[151,601,473,495]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tauricus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF62FAD9FEADFE48" box="[151,358,473,495]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Platypygus tauricus</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926: 88
</taxonomicName>
. Engel, 1933: 126. Paramonov, 1934: 16. Liepa, 1969: 19. Hull, 1973: 262. Evenhuis, 1983: 490; 2002: 26. Zaitzev, 1989: 45.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF62F93AFE4AFDF4" bold="true" box="[151,385,570,595]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Material examined.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFE7FF93CFE0CFDF4" box="[394,455,572,595]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFE7FF93CFE0CFDF4" box="[394,455,572,595]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Types</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
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<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFE2CF93AFD96FDF4" box="[473,605,570,595]" name="Ukraine" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">UKRAINE</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: 1
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male and 5
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFC8DF93AFBC4FDF4" box="[888,1039,570,595]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="paralectotype">paralectotype</typeStatus>
females,
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFB88F93AFB4EFDF4" bold="true" box="[1149,1157,570,595]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">/</emphasis>
Krym,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFB2BF93AFA8BFDF4" box="[1246,1344,570,595]" name="Serbia" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Karadag</collectingCountry>
,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFAB9F93BFF7DFDD0" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1925-06-20">20. VI. 25</date>
, Paramonov l. /
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFE8AF95EFD53FDD0" box="[383,664,606,631]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFE8AF95EFDA8FDD1" box="[383,611,606,631]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tauricus">Platypygus tauricus</taxonomicName>
♂♀
</emphasis>
/ Zool. Mus. Berlin (ZMHB).
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFBF5F95FFBB9FDD1" box="[1024,1138,607,630]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Non-types</emphasis>
:
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<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFB71F95EFAD0FDD0" box="[1156,1307,606,631]" name="Bulgaria" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">BULGARIA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFADAF95FFA53FDD0" box="[1327,1432,606,631]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, Rozen b. Melnik,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFEAAF983FE3DFD3C" box="[351,502,643,667]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1981-05-20">20 May 1981</date>
, U. Göllner (ZMHB).
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFD04F982FCB8FD3C" bold="true" box="[753,883,642,667]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFD04F982FCB8FD3C" box="[753,883,642,667]" name="Croatia" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">CROATIA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
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,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFC2FF983FB82FD3C" box="[986,1097,642,667]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">3 females</specimenCount>
, Omblatal, near Gruz,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFAB3F983FF19FD18" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1934-05-21">21 May 1934</date>
, E. Lindner, (SMNS).
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFE25F9A6FD8AFD18" bold="true" box="[464,577,678,703]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFE25F9A6FD8AFD18" box="[464,577,678,703]" name="Cyprus" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">CYPRUS</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFDA5F9A7FD74FD18" box="[592,703,678,703]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">2 females</specimenCount>
, Peri [Pera] Pedi,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFC7EF9A7FBE8FD18" box="[907,1059,679,703]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1971-06-13">13 June 1971</date>
, G.A. Mavromoustakis (BMNH);
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFF62F9CBFF2CFD44" box="[151,231,714,739]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFF00F9CBFE90FD44" box="[245,347,714,739]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, Kalavassos [Kalavasos] dam,
<quantity id="4CC6A781FF81460CFD35F9CAFCC0FD45" box="[704,779,714,739]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.65" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" unit="m" value="165.0">165 m</quantity>
,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFCEFF9CBFC74FD44" box="[794,959,714,739]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2002-04-24">24 April 2002</date>
, B. Merz, J. Deeming, M. Ebejer, P. Gatt (MHNG).
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFEF8F9EEFE48FCA0" bold="true" box="[269,387,750,775]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFEF8F9EEFE48FCA0" box="[269,387,750,775]" name="Greece" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">GREECE</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFE67F9EFFE2BFCA0" box="[402,480,750,775]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFE19F9EEFD90FCA0" box="[492,603,750,775]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">5 females</specimenCount>
, Fokis, Giona Oros,
<quantity id="4CC6A781FF81460CFCB7F9EFFCB0FCA0" box="[834,891,750,775]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" unit="km" value="2.0">2 km</quantity>
N. Sikea,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFC05F9EFFBA5FCA0" box="[1008,1134,751,775]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1982-06-08">8 Jun 1982</date>
, R. Danielsson (MZLU);
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFA7BF9EFFF10FC8C" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">2 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFF1CF813FE97FC8C" box="[233,348,786,811]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">3 females</specimenCount>
, Corfu, Parga-Gaastouri,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFD76F813FCE9FC8C" box="[643,802,787,811]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1980-05-10">10 May 1980</date>
, I.F.G. McLean;
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFC13F813FB89FC8C" box="[998,1090,786,811]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">2 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFBA4F813FB08FC8C" box="[1105,1219,786,811]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">2 females</specimenCount>
, Corfu, Dassia,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFA75F813FEBBFCE8" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1972-04-30" valueMax="1972-05-06" valueMin="1972-04-30">30 April6 May 1972</date>
, A.E. Stubbs (BMNH).
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFD7CF836FCECFCE8" bold="true" box="[649,807,822,847]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFD7CF836FCECFCE8" box="[649,807,822,847]" name="Portugal" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">PORTUGAL</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFCCCF837FC60FCE8" box="[825,939,822,847]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">4 females</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFC4CF837FBC1FCE8" box="[953,1034,822,847]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, Serra do Caramulo, Caramulinho, near Viseu,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFEEEF85BFE79FCD4" box="[283,434,859,883]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2010-06-30">30 June 2010</date>
, J. Almeida (J. Almeida);
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFD23F85AFCE4FCD4" box="[726,815,858,883]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">5 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFCCFF85AFC63FCD4" box="[826,936,858,883]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">5 females</specimenCount>
, same data except,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFB8AF85BFADAFCD4" box="[1151,1297,858,883]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2010-07-11">11 July 2010</date>
, J. Almeida;
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFF62F87FFF31FC30" box="[151,250,894,919]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, same data except
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFE3CF87FFD94FC30" box="[457,607,895,919]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2011-06-23">23 June 2011</date>
;
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFD9FF87FFD05FC30" box="[618,718,894,919]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, same data except
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFC69F87FFBFBFC30" box="[924,1072,894,919]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2010-07-12">12 July 2010</date>
;
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFBCFF87FFB59FC30" box="[1082,1170,894,919]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">7 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFB68F87FFAC7FC30" box="[1181,1292,894,919]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">7 females</specimenCount>
, Fonte Paulo Luís Martins,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFEC0F8A3FE05FC1C" box="[309,462,931,955]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2010-06-30">30 June 2010</date>
, J. Almeida (all in BPBM).
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFCFCF8A2FCB5FC1C" box="[777,894,930,955]" name="Turkey" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFCFCF8A2FCB5FC1C" bold="true" box="[777,894,930,955]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">TURKEY</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
:
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFC78F8A3FC2CFC1C" box="[909,999,930,955]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">3 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFC07F8A3FBA9FC1C" box="[1010,1122,930,955]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">4 females</specimenCount>
, Antalya, Phaselis,
<quantity id="4CC6A781FF81460CFACBF8A3FA4EFC1C" box="[1342,1413,930,955]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
S Kemer,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFF04F8C7FE59FC78" box="[241,402,966,991]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2000-04-27">27 April 2000</date>
, Merz &amp; Senay (MHNG);
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFD37F8C7FCECFC78" box="[706,807,966,991]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
, Iznik,
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s. near Iznik Lake,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFB60F8C7FAEBFC78" box="[1173,1312,967,991]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1991-05-09">9 May 1991</date>
, B. Mocek (M. Barták);
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFEC4F8EBFE6FFBA4" box="[305,420,1002,1027]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="female">3 females</specimenCount>
, Büyükiceli, Rt
<quantity id="4CC6A781FF81460CFD91F8EBFD21FBA4" box="[612,746,1002,1027]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.005" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" unit="km" value="400.5">400, 50 km</quantity>
SW Silifke,
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFC73F8EBFBEEFBA4" box="[902,1061,1003,1027]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="2000-05-12">12 May 2000</date>
, A. Freidberg, H. Ackerman, L. Freidman (
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFEE4FF0FFE84FB80" box="[273,335,1039,1063]" name="China" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">TAU</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF81460CFF32FF32FC6FFB34" blockId="26.[151,1436,570,2035]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF32FF32FEB0FBEC" bold="true" box="[199,379,1074,1099]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
Notes on
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFEC8FF32FEB0FBEC" box="[317,379,1074,1099]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">types</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFE7BFF32FD45FBEC" box="[398,654,1074,1099]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFE7BFF32FD45FBEC" box="[398,654,1074,1099]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Platypygus ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally described by Costa (1863) (as “
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFB4AFF34FA4DFBEC" box="[1215,1414,1074,1099]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Popsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibunda">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFB4AFF34FA4DFBEC" box="[1215,1414,1074,1099]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Popsia ridibunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”) based on an unknown number of specimens from Calabria,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFCC4FF56FCADFBC8" box="[817,870,1110,1135]" name="Italy" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Italy</collectingCountry>
. If the
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFC46FF57FC25FBC8" box="[947,1006,1111,1135]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">types</typeStatus>
survive, they would be in MZUN. We have not been able to track down the status of the original
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFCD0FF7BFC9EFB34" box="[805,853,1147,1171]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">type</typeStatus>
series.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32459EFFF81460DFF32FF9EFB64FC4A" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="226" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF81460CFF32FF9EFCEDFA14" blockId="26.[151,1436,570,2035]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFF32FF9EFE63FB11" box="[199,424,1182,1207]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tauricus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF32FF9EFE63FB11" box="[199,424,1182,1207]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Platypygus tauricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally described by Paramonov (1926) based on
<specimenCount id="9D38C1EDFF81460CFBC8FF9FFB53FB10" box="[1085,1176,1182,1207]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="male">41 male</specimenCount>
and female specimens from “Krym” in the
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFE8BFFC2FE10FB7C" box="[382,475,1218,1243]" name="Ukraine" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
, all collected by S.J. Paramonov on
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFC80FFC3FBC5FB7C" box="[885,1038,1218,1243]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1925-06-20">20 June 1925</date>
. Paramonov said “
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFB15FFC3FAEDFB7C" box="[1248,1318,1219,1243]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Typus</typeStatus>
in Meiner Sammlung” but there is no single specimen that could be singled out as the intended
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFB63FFE6FB33FB58" box="[1174,1272,1254,1279]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
so, following Evenhuis (2002) they are considered here as
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFD7FFE0BFD3BFA84" box="[650,752,1291,1315]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
. Forty of these
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFC6FFE0BFC37FA84" box="[922,1020,1291,1315]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
were located by Evenhuis (2002): 37
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFF62FE2FFF32FAE0" box="[151,249,1327,1351]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
in ZMHB and 3
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFE4CFE2FFDD0FAE0" box="[441,539,1327,1351]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
in SIZK. Six of these
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFCE2FE2FFCB2FAE0" box="[791,889,1327,1351]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
in ZMHB were examined in this study. The best preserved of these is here designated as
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFD8CFE52FCE1FACC" bold="true" box="[633,810,1362,1387]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFD8CFE52FD2FFACC" box="[633,740,1362,1387]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
male
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFCCBFE52FC58FACC" box="[830,915,1362,1387]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="28.[151,249,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[205,1390,198,1934]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[198,1390,195,1934]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 16. Platypygus ridibundus: a — male lectotype of P. tauricus Paramonov (lateral view), b — specimen from Portugal (dorsolateral view of head), c — specimen from Portugal (lateral view), d — wing, e — unlaid egg." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248565/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
a) and carries the following labels: “Krym /
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFF62FE76FF3DFA28" box="[151,246,1398,1423]" name="Serbia" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Karadag</collectingCountry>
/
<date id="FF802CA4FF81460CFEE2FE76FEB1FA28" box="[279,378,1398,1423]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" value="1925-06-20">20.VI.25</date>
/ Paramonov. l.” [handwritten], “
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFCFEFE77FCBCFA28" box="[779,887,1399,1423]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" type="syntype">Syntypus</typeStatus>
” [printed on red card], “Zool. Mus. / Berlin” [printed], “
<typeStatus id="5485B4C6FF81460CFEE4FE9BFE93FA14" box="[273,344,1435,1459]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Typus</typeStatus>
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFEABFE9AFE11FA14" box="[350,474,1434,1459]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Platypygus</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF81460CFE1CFE9AFD89FA14" box="[489,578,1434,1459]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tauricus">tauricus</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFDBCFE9AFDB8FA14" box="[585,627,1434,1459]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">♂♀</emphasis>
” [handwritten].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF81460CFF32FEBEFB91F908" blockId="26.[151,1436,570,2035]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF32FEBEFE72FA70" bold="true" box="[199,441,1470,1495]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Diagnostic features.</emphasis>
Face yellow; frons yellow with Y-shaped black mark (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFBA1FEBEFB67FA70" box="[1108,1196,1470,1495]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="28.[151,249,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[205,1390,198,1934]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[198,1390,195,1934]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 16. Platypygus ridibundus: a — male lectotype of P. tauricus Paramonov (lateral view), b — specimen from Portugal (dorsolateral view of head), c — specimen from Portugal (lateral view), d — wing, e — unlaid egg." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248565/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
b); postgena without posterior extension; occiput black (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFDC2FEE2FD44FA5C" box="[567,655,1506,1531]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="28.[151,249,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[205,1390,198,1934]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[198,1390,195,1934]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 16. Platypygus ridibundus: a — male lectotype of P. tauricus Paramonov (lateral view), b — specimen from Portugal (dorsolateral view of head), c — specimen from Portugal (lateral view), d — wing, e — unlaid egg." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248565/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
c); pronotum with a dark orange mark dorsomedially; mesonotum yellowish white with three longitudinal orange stripes, with moderately dense black hairs; scutellum yellowish white with black hairs; lateral margin of mesonotum yellowish white; spot next to transverse suture absent (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFA9BFD2AFF7EF9C0" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="28.[151,249,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[205,1390,198,1934]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[198,1390,195,1934]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 16. Platypygus ridibundus: a — male lectotype of P. tauricus Paramonov (lateral view), b — specimen from Portugal (dorsolateral view of head), c — specimen from Portugal (lateral view), d — wing, e — unlaid egg." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248565/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
c); pleura yellowish white, usually without black mark (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFCD2FD4EFCB1F9C0" box="[807,890,1614,1639]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="28.[151,249,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[205,1390,198,1934]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[198,1390,195,1934]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 16. Platypygus ridibundus: a — male lectotype of P. tauricus Paramonov (lateral view), b — specimen from Portugal (dorsolateral view of head), c — specimen from Portugal (lateral view), d — wing, e — unlaid egg." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248565/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
c), although in some specimens lower pleura can appear grey to black; halter yellowish white; crossvein r-m at middle of cell dm (16d); legs yellowish white except two last tarsal segments blackish; abdomen yellowish with short scattered black hairs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF81460CFF32FDBAFB0CF8C4" blockId="26.[151,1436,570,2035]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF32FDBAFEB9F974" bold="true" box="[199,370,1722,1747]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFE71FDBAFE11F974" box="[388,474,1722,1747]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="29.[151,249,1777,1799]" captionTargetBox="[168,1423,208,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,193,1754]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus: a—gonocoxites (dorsal view), b—epandrium (dorsal view), c—phallic complex (dorsal view), d— (dorsal view), e—base of phallic complex (lateral view). Scales are the same for figures a-e." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248566/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
). In dorsal view epandrium semicircular, acutely narrowed apically, cerci triangular, not well sclerotized (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFE72FDDEFE11F950" box="[391,474,1758,1783]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="29.[151,249,1777,1799]" captionTargetBox="[168,1423,208,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,193,1754]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus: a—gonocoxites (dorsal view), b—epandrium (dorsal view), c—phallic complex (dorsal view), d— (dorsal view), e—base of phallic complex (lateral view). Scales are the same for figures a-e." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248566/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
b), gonocoxites triangular, fused, with two long hyaline sclerites medially; gonostyli fused to gonocoxites, greatly sclerotized apically and concave with two small denticles (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFB5EFC02FACAF8BC" box="[1195,1281,1794,1819]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="29.[151,249,1777,1799]" captionTargetBox="[168,1423,208,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,193,1754]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus: a—gonocoxites (dorsal view), b—epandrium (dorsal view), c—phallic complex (dorsal view), d— (dorsal view), e—base of phallic complex (lateral view). Scales are the same for figures a-e." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248566/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
a); epiphallus conical, tapering to tip, aedeagal bulb large, basal aedeagal apodemes narrow, length about two times that of lateral apodeme (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFEFEFC4AFE97F8C4" box="[267,348,1866,1891]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="29.[151,249,1777,1799]" captionTargetBox="[168,1423,208,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,193,1754]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus: a—gonocoxites (dorsal view), b—epandrium (dorsal view), c—phallic complex (dorsal view), d— (dorsal view), e—base of phallic complex (lateral view). Scales are the same for figures a-e." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248566/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
c), apically with three short denticles (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFCFDFC4AFC91F8C4" box="[776,858,1866,1891]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="29.[151,249,1777,1799]" captionTargetBox="[168,1423,208,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,193,1754]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus: a—gonocoxites (dorsal view), b—epandrium (dorsal view), c—phallic complex (dorsal view), d— (dorsal view), e—base of phallic complex (lateral view). Scales are the same for figures a-e." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248566/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
d); lateral apodemes rectangular.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF81460DFF32FC6EFD19FEBA" blockId="26.[151,1436,570,2035]" lastBlockId="27.[151,1436,151,1904]" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="226" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFF32FC6EFE47F820" bold="true" box="[199,396,1902,1927]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Female genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF81460CFE69FC6EFE25F820" box="[412,494,1902,1927]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="30.[151,249,1985,2007]" captionText="FIGURE 18. Female genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus." pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
)
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF81460CFE0AFC6EFDC3F820" bold="true" box="[511,520,1902,1927]" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">(</emphasis>
description based on a dissected specimen from
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF81460CFBDFFC6EFB4AF820" box="[1066,1153,1902,1927]" name="Croatia" pageId="26" pageNumber="225">Croatia</collectingCountry>
). Furca U-shaped, lateral arms thin, sclerotized, connecting bridge weakly sclerotized; common oviduct very short; each spermathecal duct divided into two sections, a striated and broad basal duct, and a narrow, long, thin apical duct; without distinct sperm pump or valves; basal portion of median spermathecal duct narrower than that of lateral ducts, twisted spirally in median section; apical portion of duct narrower than basal portion, very long, 3.5 times basal portion; width of lateral spermathecal ducts about 2.5 times that of median duct; basal section of lateral spermathecal duct subequal to apical section; spermathecal reservoirs obconical, about 2 times longer than greatest width, sclerotized with a small rounded apical cap without canaliculi.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF80460DFF32FA27FEFFFCB3" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">
Theodor (1983) illustrated the female genitalia of a specimen he identified as
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFBBEFA27FA99FEE7" box="[1099,1362,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFBBEFA27FA85FEE7" box="[1099,1358,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">Platypygus ridibundus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
In his figure (page 33, figure 62), the vaginal furca is composed of two separate rods, which is different from the general U-shaped pattern found in the other species of the genus. Dissection of three female specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFAF0FA71FA57FE2F" box="[1285,1436,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFAF0FA71FA57FE2F" box="[1285,1436,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">P. ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFF22FA94FEFDFE0A" box="[215,310,404,429]" name="Portugal" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Portugal</collectingCountry>
showed that the shape of furca is indeed U-shaped (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF80460DFC6AFA94FC3FFE0B" box="[927,1012,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="30.[151,249,1985,2007]" captionText="FIGURE 18. Female genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus." pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
) and the apex of each lateral arm is bifurcate. A check of the actual slide upon which Theodor used for his illustration showed that it was based upon a misidentified specimen from
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFE14FADCFDE8FE52" box="[481,547,476,501]" name="Israel" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Israel</collectingCountry>
. There are no
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFD36FADDFC93FE52" box="[707,856,476,501]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFD36FADDFC93FE52" box="[707,856,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">P. ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFC88FADCFC70FE52" box="[893,955,476,501]" name="Israel" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Israel</collectingCountry>
and the species appears not to occur south of
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFF40FAFFFECEFDBF" box="[181,261,511,536]" name="Turkey" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Turkey</collectingCountry>
(over 3, 0 0 0 specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFDC2FAFFFD3BFDBF" box="[567,752,511,536]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Mythicomyiidae</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFCC0FAFFFCBDFDBF" box="[821,886,511,536]" name="Israel" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFC74FAFFFC74FDBF" box="[897,959,511,536]" name="Syria" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Syria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFC3FF900FBDBFDBF" box="[970,1040,512,536]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Egypt</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFBEEFAFFFBA3FDBF" box="[1051,1128,511,536]" name="Jordan" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Jordan</collectingCountry>
, and the Arabian Peninsula have been seen by NLE and none are
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFDB6F925FD13FD9A" box="[579,728,548,573]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFDB6F925FD13FD9A" box="[579,728,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">P. ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Close examination of Theodors slide shows that the furca is indeed U-shaped but the portion connecting the two lateral arms [which are not bifurcate at the apex] is difficult to discern from surrounding tissue and was no doubt missed because of this. It is unknown what species Theodor illustrated as there are no associating numbers or labels between slides and pinned adults and Theodor dissected numerous individuals of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFE5BF9B4FDE1FD6A" box="[430,554,692,717]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFE5BF9B4FDE1FD6A" box="[430,554,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Platypygus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
although only a few were illustrated. One adult in
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFB92F9B4FB55FD6B" box="[1127,1182,692,716]" name="China" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">TAU</collectingCountry>
is labeled in pencil by Theodor as “
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFEDFF9D7FE68FD57" box="[298,419,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFEDFF9D7FE68FD57" box="[298,419,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” but it is not the dissected specimen and it appears instead to be a greasy specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFA72F9D9FEE5FCB2" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chrysanthemi">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFA72F9D9FEE5FCB2" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">P. chrysanthemi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF80460DFF32F81FFB64FC4A" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">
Zaitzev (1966) also illustrated the female genitalia, but only the spermathecal reservoir. It is somewhat similar in appearance to the one drawn by Theodor (1983) but lacks the canaliculi apically. We dissected specimens from
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFF62F867FF3DFC27" box="[151,246,871,896]" name="Portugal" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Portugal</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF80460DFEF2F867FE97FC27" box="[263,348,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="30.[151,249,1985,2007]" captionText="FIGURE 18. Female genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus." pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFE86F867FE03FC27" box="[371,456,871,896]" name="Croatia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Croatia</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFDF2F867FD9CFC27" box="[519,599,871,896]" name="Turkey" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Turkey</collectingCountry>
and the shape of the spermathecal reservoirs and apical caps differ from those drawn in Theodor (1983) and Zaitzev (1966). Assuming Zaitzevs specimens were correctly identified, it could be that the shape of the spermathecal reservoir varies in
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFCAFF8B1FC24FC6F" box="[858,1007,943,968]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFCAFF8B1FC24FC6F" box="[858,1007,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">P. ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or that this variation in spermathecal reservoir shape represents a complex of species that have a very similar external morphology.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32459EFFF80460DFF32F8F7FC32FA67" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF80460DFF32F8F7FC32FA67" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFF32F8F7FEABFBB7" bold="true" box="[199,352,1015,1040]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species has a fairly wide but scattered distribution in the Old World occurring in the western parts of Europe (e.g.
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFE18FF1CFD87FB92" box="[493,588,1052,1077]" name="Portugal" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Portugal</collectingCountry>
[new record],
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFD02FF1CFCF0FB92" box="[759,827,1052,1077]" name="Spain" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Spain</collectingCountry>
), the southern and eastern parts of Europe (
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFAC6FF1CFA53FB92" box="[1331,1432,1052,1077]" name="Bulgaria" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Bulgaria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFF62FF3FFF27FBFF" box="[151,236,1087,1112]" name="Croatia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Croatia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFF0EFF40FE87FBFF" box="[251,332,1088,1112]" name="Cyprus" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Cyprus</collectingCountry>
[new record],
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFE0FFF40FD82FBFF" box="[506,585,1088,1112]" name="Greece" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Greece</collectingCountry>
(mainland and islands),
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFC9FFF3FFC55FBFF" box="[874,926,1087,1112]" name="Italy" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Italy</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFC59FF3FFBDFFBFF" box="[940,1044,1087,1112]" name="Romania" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Romania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFBD6FF3FFBB9FBFF" box="[1059,1138,1087,1112]" name="Georgia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Gruzia</collectingCountry>
, Crimean
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFB1EFF3FFAF3FBFF" box="[1259,1336,1087,1112]" name="Russia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Russia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFAB2FF3FFA53FBFF" box="[1351,1432,1087,1112]" name="Turkey" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Turkey</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFF62FF64FF3DFBDA" box="[151,246,1124,1149]" name="Ukraine" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
), and extending toward Middle Asia (e. g.
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFD0DFF64FCBDFBDA" box="[760,886,1124,1149]" name="Azerbaijan" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Azerbaijan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFC70FF64FC27FBDA" box="[901,1004,1124,1149]" name="Armenia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Armenia</collectingCountry>
). Although Zaitzev (1989) implied a continuous range from
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFE6EFF87FE10FB07" box="[411,475,1159,1184]" name="Spain" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Spain</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFE0AFF87FDABFB07" box="[511,608,1159,1184]" name="Bulgaria" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Bulgaria</collectingCountry>
and southern
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFD0BFF87FC82FB07" box="[766,841,1159,1184]" name="Russia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Russia</collectingCountry>
in Europe and into northern Africa (
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFB16FF88FAE0FB07" box="[1251,1323,1160,1184]" name="Egypt" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Egypt</collectingCountry>
), many of these records were apparently based on misidentifications and there are actually very few verified records. Greathead &amp; Evenhuis (2004) listed only the following verified countries in Europe based on examination of verified identifications of specimens:
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFDB2FFF4FD57FAAA" box="[583,668,1268,1293]" name="Croatia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Croatia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFD5FFFF4FD37FAAB" box="[682,764,1268,1292]" name="Greece" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Greece</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFCFCFFF4FCF6FAAA" box="[777,829,1268,1293]" name="Italy" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Italy</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFCBEFFF4FC5DFAAA" box="[843,918,1268,1293]" name="Russia" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Russia</collectingCountry>
(south), and
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFBC5FFF4FBB8FAAA" box="[1072,1139,1268,1293]" name="Spain" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Spain</collectingCountry>
. We can here confirm the records of
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFEFAFE17FE94FA97" box="[271,351,1303,1328]" name="Turkey" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Turkey</collectingCountry>
(see Hasbenli &amp; Aktaş 1995),
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFD4FFE17FCD4FA97" box="[698,799,1303,1328]" name="Romania" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Romania</collectingCountry>
(Papp, 2004) and
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFC1BFE17FB85FA97" box="[1006,1102,1303,1328]" name="Bulgaria" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Bulgaria</collectingCountry>
that are additional to those in Greathead &amp; Evenhuis (2004) and here add the following new country records in Europe and Asia:
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFAECFE3CFAA1FAF3" box="[1305,1386,1340,1364]" name="Cyprus" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Cyprus</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFF62FE5FFF31FADF" box="[151,250,1375,1400]" name="Portugal" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Portugal</collectingCountry>
. The Egyptian records, as with many others in the Mediterranean Region, were possibly specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFF62FE85FE18FA3B" authority="Loew" authorityName="Loew" box="[151,467,1412,1437]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Cyrtisiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melleus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFF62FE85FEB2FA3A" box="[151,377,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Cyrtisiopsis melleus</emphasis>
(Loew)
</taxonomicName>
[a very commonly occurring and, because of its generally yellowish to orangish color, a somewhat similar looking species] that were misidentified as
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFCA8FEA9FC3AFA67" box="[861,1009,1447,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFCA8FEA9FC3AFA67" box="[861,1009,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">P. ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32459EFFF80460DFF32FECCFEDCF8D7" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF80460DFF32FECCFD81F98B" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFF32FECCFEF0FA42" bold="true" box="[199,315,1484,1509]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Remarks.</emphasis>
Although Loew (1873: 206) mentioned in his note under
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFC39FECCFB58FA42" box="[972,1171,1484,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bellus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFC39FECCFB58FA42" box="[972,1171,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Platypygus bellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFB38FECDFA57FA42" box="[1229,1436,1484,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Popsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFB38FECDFA57FA42" box="[1229,1436,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Popsia ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was similar in body shape to his
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFDECFEEFFD29F9AF" box="[537,738,1519,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bellus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFDECFEEFFD29F9AF" box="[537,738,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Platypygus bellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, he did not explicitly synonymize
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFB82FEF1FB0EF9AF" box="[1143,1221,1521,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Popsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFB82FEF1FB0EF9AF" box="[1143,1221,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Popsia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
under
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFAEDFEEFFA5FF9AF" box="[1304,1428,1519,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFAEDFEEFFA5FF9AF" box="[1304,1428,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Platypygus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Bezzi (1898: 36) was the first to do so.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF80460DFF32FD39FCE3F91A" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">
Numerous specimens of this species were collected in
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFCDFFD37FC42F9F7" box="[810,905,1591,1616]" name="Portugal" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Portugal</collectingCountry>
by Jorge Almeida for the first time. Specimens were collected in Serra da Estrela, near Covão DAmetade on
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFCA9FD5CFC6CF9D2" box="[860,935,1628,1653]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" genus="Sedum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFCA9FD5CFC6CF9D2" box="[860,935,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Sedum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. (
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFC19FD5CFB49F9D2" box="[1004,1154,1628,1653]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Crassulaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Crassulaceae</taxonomicName>
) flowers and in Serra do Caramulo, in Caramulinho on the flowers of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFD67FD7FFCDCF93F" box="[658,791,1663,1688]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Spergularia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFD67FD7FFCDCF93F" box="[658,791,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Spergularia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. (
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFCAEFD7FFBD0F93F" box="[859,1051,1663,1688]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Caryophyllaceae</taxonomicName>
) (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF80460DFBC7FD7FFB45F93F" box="[1074,1166,1663,1688]" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="31.[151,249,1898,1920]" captionTargetBox="[198,1388,193,1876]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[198,1388,193,1877]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 19. Platypygus adults in field: a — Type locality of Platypygus titanomedea in northern Iran (Ghazvin), b, c — hovering activity of Platypygus ridibundus, d — fielf of flowering Gypsophila bicolor, e — Platypygus ridibundus on the flower of Spergularia cf. purpurea (Caryophyllaceae), f — Platypygus titanomedea on the flower of G. bicolor." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248567/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Figs. 19</figureCitation>
b, c and e). This finding extends the distribution westward in the Iberian Peninsula.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A64FF80460DFF32FDC8FEDCF8D7" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,1904]" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">
An interesting finding in the specimens from
<collectingCountry id="F3294AF4FF80460DFD2AFDC7FCF5F947" box="[735,830,1735,1760]" name="Portugal" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Portugal</collectingCountry>
is that the two lateral spermathecal reservoirs were atrophied and the apical ducts were aborted and did not end in any reservoirs (
<figureCitation id="130516E1FF80460DFBF8FDECFBAAF8A3" box="[1037,1121,1772,1797]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="30.[151,249,1985,2007]" captionText="FIGURE 18. Female genitalia of Platypygus ridibundus." pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
). This situation is unique in the
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFF34FC0FFEF6F88F" box="[193,317,1807,1832]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Platypygus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFF34FC0FFEF6F88F" box="[193,317,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">Platypygus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species we have dissected. Reasons for this unusual character state in the specimens we dissected are unknown but could represent a genetic anomaly for that population or a variable set of characters for
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71E7FF80460DFA72FC35FEDBF8D7" class="Insecta" family="Mythicomyiidae" genus="Popsia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="226" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ridibundus">
<emphasis id="B94AD676FF80460DFA72FC35FEDBF8D7" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="226">P. ridibundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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