Six new species of the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus

Semen Kustov; Igor Shamshev; Patrick Grootaert

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.3

Six new species of the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus

Zootaxa. 2014 Mar 19:3779:529-39. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.3.

Authors

Semen Kustov¹, Igor Shamshev², Patrick Grootaert³

Affiliations

¹ Kuban' State University, Biological Faculty, Department of Zoology, Stavropol'skaya str., 149, Krasnodar, 350040, Russia.; Email: semenkustov@rambler.ru.
² All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbel'skogo 3, St. Petersburg-Pushkin, 188620, Russia.; Email: shamshev@mail.ru.
³ Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.; Email: Patrick.Grootaert@naturalsciences.be.

PMID: 24871748
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.3

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Platypalpus are described from the Caucasus: P. abagoensis sp. nov. (Russia: Republic of Adygea), P. arzanovi sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory, Rostov Prov.), P. gazaryani sp. nov. (Russia: Republic of Adygea), P. kamyshanovensis sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory), P. odintsovi sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory), P. neberdzaensis sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory).

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animals
Diptera / anatomy & histology
Diptera / classification*
Female
Male
Russia