Description of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus

Platypalpus pilifer Grootaert et van der Weele, sp. n. is described from the Caucasus region in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia. The species belongs to the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group and is characterised by very long ventral bristles on the spindle-shaped dilated fore tibia in the mal...

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Autores principales: P. Grootaert, R. van der Weele, J. Oboňa, S.Yu. Kustov
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:32daaaf057af46f5bf893e035290b1752021-12-02T11:08:20ZDescription of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the CaucasusDOI:10.23885/181433262020161-85901814-33261814-3326https://doaj.org/article/32daaaf057af46f5bf893e035290b1752020-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16(1)_14_Grootaert%20et%20al.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1814-3326https://doaj.org/toc/1814-3326Platypalpus pilifer Grootaert et van der Weele, sp. n. is described from the Caucasus region in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia. The species belongs to the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group and is characterised by very long ventral bristles on the spindle-shaped dilated fore tibia in the male. Mid femur in both male and female has a ventral black stripe over the entirely length. An extended diagnosis of the related species Platypalpus infectus (Collin, 1926) is given with new illustrations of the male terminalia. It lacks long bristles on the fore tibia. The left epandrial lamella bears a lobe at the right side facing the left cercus and a long lobe at the left side. These distinct lobes are lacking in the new species. In addition numerous spinules are present on the right surstylus in P. infectus lacking in the new species.P. GrootaertR. van der WeeleJ. OboňaS.Yu. KustovRussian Academy of Science. Southern Scientific Centre. Federal Research Centrearticledipterahybotidaeplatypalpusnew speciescaucasusBiology (General)QH301-705.5RUКавказский энтомологический бюллетень, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 85-90 (2020)
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topic diptera
hybotidae
platypalpus
new species
caucasus
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle diptera
hybotidae
platypalpus
new species
caucasus
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
P. Grootaert
R. van der Weele
J. Oboňa
S.Yu. Kustov
Description of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
description Platypalpus pilifer Grootaert et van der Weele, sp. n. is described from the Caucasus region in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia. The species belongs to the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group and is characterised by very long ventral bristles on the spindle-shaped dilated fore tibia in the male. Mid femur in both male and female has a ventral black stripe over the entirely length. An extended diagnosis of the related species Platypalpus infectus (Collin, 1926) is given with new illustrations of the male terminalia. It lacks long bristles on the fore tibia. The left epandrial lamella bears a lobe at the right side facing the left cercus and a long lobe at the left side. These distinct lobes are lacking in the new species. In addition numerous spinules are present on the right surstylus in P. infectus lacking in the new species.
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author P. Grootaert
R. van der Weele
J. Oboňa
S.Yu. Kustov
author_facet P. Grootaert
R. van der Weele
J. Oboňa
S.Yu. Kustov
author_sort P. Grootaert
title Description of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
title_short Description of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
title_full Description of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
title_fullStr Description of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
title_full_unstemmed Description of a peculiar new species of the genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
title_sort description of a peculiar new species of the genus platypalpus macquart, 1827 (diptera: hybotidae) from the caucasus
publisher Russian Academy of Science. Southern Scientific Centre. Federal Research Centre
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/32daaaf057af46f5bf893e035290b175
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