Two new Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Ptychopteridae) from the Western Palaearctic

Libor Dvořák; Katarína Fogašová; Jozef Oboňa; Edina Török; Peter Manko

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1166.96193

Two new Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Ptychopteridae) from the Western Palaearctic

Zookeys. 2023 Jun 6:1166:91-102. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1166.96193. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Libor Dvořák¹, Katarína Fogašová², Jozef Oboňa², Edina Török³, Peter Manko²

Affiliations

¹ Tři Sekery 21, CZ-35301 Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic Unaffiliated Mariánské Lázně Czech Republic.
² Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, SK-08116 Prešov, Slovakia University of Prešov Prešov Slovakia.
³ "Lendület" Landscape and Conservation Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány str. 2-4, Vácrátót, H-2163, Hungary Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research Vácrátót Hungary.

Abstract

Ptychopteraxanthopleura Dvořák, Oboňa & Manko, sp. nov. from Azerbaijan and Georgia, and Ptychopterastaryi Dvořák, Oboňa & Manko, sp. nov. from Bulgaria are described. P.xanthopleurasp. nov. differs from the other member of the lacustris group mainly by having almost completely yellow pleurae, and by the shape of the epandrium and gonocoxites. The diagnostics of P.staryisp. nov. and P.incognita Török, Kolcsár & Keresztes, 2015 based on male genitalia are provided.

Keywords: Balkan Peninsula; Caucasus; Ptychopteridae; distributional data; new species; phantom crane flies.

Libor Dvořák, Katarína Fogašová, Jozef Oboňa, Edina Török, Peter Manko.