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 luteicornis (Meigen) Tachydromia luteicornis Meigen, 1838 : 97 . Material examined . RUSSIA : Karachay-Cherkess Republic : Teberdinskiy Nature Reserve, 1300 m a.s.l., 6.v.1964 , Gorodkov ( 1 ♂ , ZIN ); same locality, Kurort, 23.v.1964 , Gorodkov ( 4 ♂ , ZIN ). Distribution . Austria , Belarus , Belgium , Britain , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Norway , Poland , Romania , Russia (north-western and central European part, Karachay-Cherkessia), Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland ,. Remarks . The species is recorded from the Caucasus for the first time. Platypalpus luteicornis is known only from the mountain forests of Central Caucasus and is active in May.