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 infectus (Collin) Tachydromia infecta Collin, 1926 : 152 . Material examined . AZERBAIJAN : Pirkuli, 22 km N Shemachi, forest, 20.v.1972 , V. Richter ( 1 ♂ , 1 ♀, ZIN ); Kahi, 26.v.1978 , V. Richter (2 ♀, ZIN ). RUSSIA : Adygea Republic : Teutezskiy district, Tlustenhabl, bank of river Kuban, 2.v.2010 , V. Gladun ( 2 ♂ , KSU). Dagestan Republic : Terekli-Mekteb, 16.v.1972 , V. Richter ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ). Krasnodarskiy Territory : district Goryachy Klyuch, env. Oktyabrskiy, 25.iv.2010 , S. Kustov ( 4 ♂ , 3 ♀, KSU); Krasnodar, park 30 let Pobedi, 21.iv.2013 , S. Kustov ( 5 ♂ , KSU); same data, Vostochno-Kruglikovskiy, 15.iv.2013 , S. Kustov ( 1 ♂ , 2 ♀, KSU); Abinskiy district, env. Shabshugskaya, bank of river Adygoi, 2.v.2013 , S. Nesterenko (1 ♀,KSU); Anapskiy District, Utrish Nature Reserve, tract Dolgaya Niva, 17.iv.2014 , S. Kustov (1 ♀, KSU); same data, 28.vii.2014 , S. Kustov ( 2 ♂ , KSU). Distribution . Austria , Azerbaijan , Belgium , UK , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Latvia , Lithuania , Poland , Russia (north-western and central European parts, Adygea, Dagestan, Krasnodarskiy Territory), Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland , Ukraine . Remarks . The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. This common species is known from lowland areas and submontane and mountain forests of the Caucasus, and is active during April-July.