New data on the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus with description of seven new species Author Kustov, Semen Author Shamshev, Igor Author Grootaert, Patrick text Zootaxa 2015 3973 3 451 473 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.3 5153df29-29fd-4833-adc6-2b27219427c9 1175-5326 245761 6ECCFE93-FE57-453A-BF62-7E2375F197B7 Platypalpus longicornis (Meigen) Tachydromia longicornis Meigen, 1822 : 73 . Material examined . RUSSIA : Karachay–Cherkess Republic : Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve, Kurort, 15.v.1964 , Gorodkov ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); same data, 20.v.1964 , Gorodkov (1 ♀, ZIN ); same locality, 26.viii.1965 , Gorodkov ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); same locality, valley of river Teberda, 22.vi.1982 , Nartshuk (1 ♀, ZIN ); same data, 8.ix.1965 , Gorodkov ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ). Krasnodarskiy Territory : district Sochi, Caucasian Nature Reserve, env. lake Kardivatsh, 1.viii.2010 , 1800 m a.s.l., S. Kustov ( 2 ♂ , 1 ♀, KSU); same locality, env. lake Sredniy Kardivatsh, 2070–2200 m a.s.l., 1.viii.2010 , V. Gladun (1 ♀, KSU); Apsheronskiy district, ridge Azish-Tau, Nature Reserve “Kamyshanova Polyana”, 18.vi.2011 , I. Shamshev (1 ♀, ZIN ). Distribution . Austria , Belgium , Britain , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Lithuania , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Russia (north, north-west and centre of the European part, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodarskiy Territory), Spain , Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland , Ukraine . Remarks . The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. Platypalpus longicornis is not common, known from mountain forests and subalpine meadows between 1200 to 2200 m a.s.l. and is active from May to September.