Three new species of European Platypalpus (Diptera, Hybotidae)

Miroslav Barták; Štěpán Kubík

doi:10.3897/zookeys.470.8967

Three new species of European Platypalpus (Diptera, Hybotidae)

Zookeys. 2015 Jan 12:(470):145-55. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.470.8967. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Miroslav Barták¹, Štěpán Kubík¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ-16521 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic.

Abstract

Platypalpusgraecoides sp. n. (Italy), Platypalpuspyreneensis sp. n. (Andorra), and Platypalpussilvahumidus sp. n. (Czech Republic) are described. All three species are illustrated and keyed. Platypalpushallensis Grootaert & Stark, 1997 is first reported from France and Spain.

Keywords: Europe; Platypalpus; faunistic records; key; new species.