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
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1175-5326
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Platypalpus negrobovi
Grootaert, Kustov & Shamshev
Platypalpus negrobovi
Grootaert,
Kustov & Shamshev, 2012
: 161
.
Material examined
.
RUSSIA
: Krasnodarskiy Territory
: Mostovskoy district, Caucasian Nature Reserve, right bank of river
Malaya
Laba, env. homestead Chernorechje,
600 m
a.s.l.,
24.v.2014
, D. Zherebilo (
1 ♂
, KSU).
Remarks
. In the original description of
P. negrobovi
, described from the Apsheronskiy district of Krasnodarskiy Territory, the authors indicate that vertical bristles are not prominent. However the study of the above additional specimen, which was collected in 2014 from Mostovskoy district, bears distinct vertical bristles on the occiput. Obviously this feature is variable in the species. In the key to Caucasian species,
P. negrobovi
is therefore included twice taking into account these differences.