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 ciliaris (Fallén) Tachydromia ciliaris Fallén, 1816 : 33 . Material examined . GEORGIA : 1 ♂ , Mingrelia, ridge Ofizari, river Shakvi, 1400 m a.s.l., 5.v.2014 , D. Zherebilo (KSU). RUSSIA : Karachay–Cherkess Republic: Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve, Kurort, 6.vi.1964 , Gorodkov ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); same data, 28.viii.1965 , Gorodkov ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); same locality, env. homestead, 27.viii.1965 , Gorodkov ( 9 ♂ , 1 ♀, ZIN ); same data, 7.ix.1965 , Gorodkov ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); Karachaevsk, 900 m a.s.l., 31.x.1967 , Gorodkov (1 ♀, ZIN ); Krasnodarskiy Territory : Apsheronskiy district, ridge Azish-Tau, Nature Reserve “Kamyshanova Polyana”, 18.vi.2011 , Shamshev (1 ♀, ZIN ); same data, 1.vi.2014 , S. Kustov (KSU); 3♂ , same data, 13.vi.2014 , S. Kustov ( 2 ♂ , 2 ♀, KSU). Distribution . Austria , Belgium , Britain , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Norway , Poland , Russia (north-western and central European parts, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodarskiy Territory), Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland , the Netherlands , Ukraine . Remarks . The species is recorded from the Caucasus ( Georgia ; Karachay-Cherkessia and Krasnodarskiy Territory of Russia ) for the first time. This is a common species, known from mountain forest ( 900–1400 m a.s.l.) and is active from May to September.