Platypalpus

Platypalpus sp. 1 Material examined . 1 ♀: Amankutan, alpine meadow, 39 ° 17 'N, 66 ° 54 'E, 1600 m, 23.v. 1989, M. Barták (CULSP). Remarks . Similar to P. confiformis Chvála, which is known from northern Fennoscandia and the mountains of Central Europe (Chvála 1989). This unnamed species...

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Main Authors: Barták, Miroslav, Shamshev, Igor
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5675405
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1140456E3625FFFE9CA2890694B36CBC
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Summary:Platypalpus sp. 1 Material examined . 1 ♀: Amankutan, alpine meadow, 39 ° 17 'N, 66 ° 54 'E, 1600 m, 23.v. 1989, M. Barták (CULSP). Remarks . Similar to P. confiformis Chvála, which is known from northern Fennoscandia and the mountains of Central Europe (Chvála 1989). This unnamed species differs by the following features: postpedicel at least 3 X longer than wide, stylus subequal in length; female sternite 8 swollen, much longer than corresponding tergite; postpronotum entirely microtrichose; katepisternum broadly microtrichose on anterior part, lustrous part V-shaped. This undescribed species cannot be described without associated males. Published as part of Barták, Miroslav & Shamshev, Igor, 2015, Species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Uzbekistan, with descriptions of thirteen new species, pp. 351-376 in Zootaxa 3926 (3) on page 374, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3926.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/238063