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 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.