Platypalpus subtectifrons Shamshev & Sinclair & Khruleva 2020, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Shamshev, Igor V., Sinclair, Bradley J., Khruleva, Olga A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Hybotidae; Platypalpus; Platypalpus subtectifrons; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Hurley; Leech; Fort McPherson; Sinclair; Wrangel Island; Aklavik; Firth River; Mamontovaya; Perkatkun; Arctic; Chukotka; Nome; Prudhoe Bay; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4477250; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4477250

Platypalpus subtectifrons Shamshev & Sinclair sp. nov. (Figs 73–76) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FC7E4A07-9126-4941-A797-489575CA0E21 Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: [RUSSIA. Chukotka AO (Wrangel Island)] “sr. tech. r. [=srednee techenie reki, =middle flow of river] Mamontovaya, N/ Perkatkun, o. [=ostrov, island] Wrangel/ willows in river valley/ Gorodkov 17.vii.[1]972”; “ Holotypus / Platypalpus / subtectifrons / Shamshev, Sinclair sp. n. [red label]” (INS_DIP_0000620, ZIN). PARATYPES. CANADA. Northwest Territories: Aklavik, 2.vii.1956, R. E. Leech (1 ♀, CNC); same data except, 25.vi.–3.vii.1956, E.F. Cashman (3 ♀, CNC); Fort McPherson, 17–19.vii.1957, R. Hurley (2 ♀, CNC); 21 mi E Tuktoyaktuk, 8–12.vii.1972, D.M. Wood (2 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC); Tuktoyaktuk, 69°26′16.2″N 133°1′2.16″W, pan traps, meadow, 15–18.vii.2010, Goulet & Boudreault (12 ♂, 4 ♀, CNC). Yukon: British Mtns, Firth River, 25.vii.1956, E.F. Cashman (2 ♀, CNC); Firth River, 14.vii.–7.viii.1956, E.F. Cashman (5 ♂, 7 ♀, CNC); same data except, 20.vii.–3.viii.1965, R.E. Leech (5 ♂, 8 ♀, CNC). RUSSIA. Chukotka AO (Wrangel Island): Same data as holotype (4 ♂, 1 ♀, ZIN; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC); 21.vii.1972, KBG (1 ♂, 4 ♀, ZIN); middle flow of river Neizvestnaya, 71°20.287′N 179°29.779′W, BT 1, 5–14.vii.2018, U. V. Babiy (3 ♂, 3 ♀, ZIN); middle flow of river Mamontovaya, 71°10′N 179°45′W, BT 2, 30.vi.–9.vii.2006, OAK (1 ♂, ZIN); same locality and biotope, BT 2, YPT, 2–4.vii.2015, OAK (2 ♂, ZIN); same locality, 71°10′N 179°45′W, BT 1 A, YPT, 2–4.vii.2015, OAK (3 ♂, 3 ♀, ZIN); same locality, 71°10′N 179°45′W, BT 14, Sw, 2.vii.2015, OAK (2 ♂, 1 ♀, ZIN); same locality, 71°10′N 179°45′W, 3.vii.2015, OAK (1 ♂, ZIN); Tundrovaya Mnt, 71°18′N 179°49′W, BT 2, 1–19.vii.2015, LFV (1 ♂, ZIN; dissected). USA. Alaska: Cape Thompson, 23–25.vii.1961, R. Madge (2 ♀, CNC); Isabel Pass, mi 206 Richardson Hwy, 2900 ft, 18.vii.1962, P.J. Skitsko (2 ♀, CNC); Nome Area, mi 46 Kougarok Rd, 64°57′27″N 168°48′21″W, 26–28.vi.2005, MT, J. & R. Skevington (1 ♂, CNC); Prudhoe Bay, ...