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Platypalpus pilifer Grootaert et van der Weele, sp. n. is described from the Caucasus region in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia. The species belongs to the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group and is characterised by very long ventral bristles on the spindle-shaped dilated fore tibia in the male. Mid femur in both male and female has a ventral black stripe over the entirely length. An extended diagnosis of the related species Platypalpus infectus (Collin, 1926) is given with new illustrations of the male terminalia. It lacks long bristles on the fore tibia. The left epandrial lamella bears a lobe at the right side facing the left cercus and a long lobe at the left side. These distinct lobes are lacking in the new species. In addition numerous spinules are present on the right surstylus in P. infectus lacking in the new species.

Platypalpus quadriseta (Collin, 1933) Tachydromia quadriseta Collin, 1933: 15. Holotype. Male (NMHUK), Casa Pangue, Chile. Distribution. Chile: Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue). References. Collin, 1933: 13 (in key); Stuardo, 1946: 104 (cat., as Tachydromia); Smith, 1967: 7 (cat., as Platypalpus); Pont, 1995: 140 (typ.)., Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on page 169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.","Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.","Smith, K. G. V. (1967) Family Empididae (Empidae, Hybotidae). 39. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, SaTo Paulo, pp. 1 - 67.","Pont, A. C. (1995) The type-material of Diptera (Insecta) described by G. H. Verrall and J. E. Collin. Oxford University Museum Publication 3. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp."]}

Platypalpus chilensis Philippi, 1865 Platypalpus chilensis Philippi, 1865: 767. Syntypes. Number and sex not stated (not located in MNNC), Santiago, Chile. Distribution. Argentina: Río Negro Province (Bariloche). Chile: Región Metropolitana: Santiago Province (Santiago); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue, Peulla). References. Reed, 1888: 304 (cat.); Bezzi, 1905: 459 (list, as Tachydromia); Melander, 1928: 350 (dist., as Platypalpus); Collin, 1933: 13 (in key), 15 (redes., as Tachydromia); Stuardo, 1946: 104 (cat., as Tachydromia); Smith, 1967: 7 (cat., as Platypalpus); Camousseight, 2005: 92 (list)., Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409, {"references":["Philippi, R. A. (1865) Aufza ¨ hlung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Ko ¨ niglichen Zoologisch-Botanisch- en Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 595 - 782.","Reed, E. C. (1888)) Catalogo de los insectos dipteros de Chile. Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 73, 271 - 316. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8562","Bezzi, M. (1905) Empididae neotropicae Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, Budapest, 3, 424 - 460.","Melander, A. L. (1928) Diptera, Fam. Empididae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, 185 (1927), pp. 1 - 434.","Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.","Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.","Smith, K. G. V. (1967) Family Empididae (Empidae, Hybotidae). 39. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, SaTo Paulo, pp. 1 - 67.","Camousseight, A. (2005) La contribucion entomologica de R. A. Philippi entre 1859 y 1875 y el estado actual de sus especies. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 54, 81 - 106."]}

Platypalpus orphnus (Collin, 1933) Tachydromia orphna Collin, 1933: 15. Syntypes. Two males, and two females (NHMUK), Lago Gutiérrez, Argentina, and Casa Pangue, Chile; two males, and one female (USNM), Bariloche, Argentina, and Angol, Chile. Distribution. Argentina: Neuquén Province, Río Negro Province (Bariloche, Lago Gutiérrez). Bolivia: Santa Cruz Department (Ichilo Province). Chile: Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Angol); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue). References. Collin, 1933: 13 (in key as Tachydromia), 15 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 104 (cat., as Tachydromia); Smith, 1967: 7 (cat., as Platypalpus); Pont, 1995: 124 (typ.); Raffone, 2012: 99 (list, one female from Bolivia)., Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.","Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.","Smith, K. G. V. (1967) Family Empididae (Empidae, Hybotidae). 39. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, SaTo Paulo, pp. 1 - 67.","Pont, A. C. (1995) The type-material of Diptera (Insecta) described by G. H. Verrall and J. E. Collin. Oxford University Museum Publication 3. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp.","Raffone, G. (2012) New or interesting records of Diptera Empididae and Hybotidae from Bolivia with description of Platypalpus pseudomollitus n. sp. (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera). Bollettino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 63, 97 - 101."]}

Genus Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 Platypalpus Macquart, 1827: 92. Type-species: Musca cursitans Fabricius, 1775, (subs. des.; Westwood, 1840: 132). Evenhuis et al., 2016: 102���103 (tax.). Coryneta Meigen, 1800: 27. Type-species: Musca cursitans Fabricius, 1775 (subs. des.; Engel, 1939: 43). Suppressed by ICNZ, 1963: 339; Musca cimicoides Fabricius, 1779 (= Musca arrogans Linnaeus, 1761) by designation of Evenhuis & Pape, 2017: 29 (tax.). Platipalpus Macquart, 1850: 480 (unjustified). Evenhuis et al., 2016: 103 (tax.) References. Bigot, 1857: 563 (in key); Bigot, 1889: 123 (in key); Coquillet,1903: 255���256 (list), 261 (in key); Melander, 1928: 217 (in key), 316���317 (diag.); Curran, 1934: 214 (in key); Steyskal & Knutson, 1981: 611 (in key); Sabrosky, 1999: 250 (cat.); Sinclair & Cumming, 2006: 43 (gen.), 70 (com.), 79 (list); Cumming & Sinclair, 2009: 657 (in key), 668 (com.); Sinclair & Cumming, 2017: 1244 (in key), 1247 (com.); Wahlberg & Johanson, 2018: 633 (list); Gonz��lez & Llanos, 2019: 121 (list). Remarks. Platypalpus includes more than 500 described species from all zoogeographical regions, but the Neotropical fauna is poorly studied with 22 registered species (Freitas-Silva & Ale-Rocha 2013), six of them from Chile (Philippi 1865; Bezzi 1909; Collin 1933), and has representatives in Peru (Melander 1902; Bezzi 1909), Brazil (Philippi 1865; Bezzi 1909; Smith 1962) and Ecuador (Freitas-Silva & Ale-Rocha 2013)., Published as part of Gonz��lez, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on pages 167-168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409, {"references":["Macquart, P. - J. - M. (1827) Insectes dipteres du nord de la France. Platypezines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides. Impr. de Leleux, Lille, 159 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 148911","Westwood, J. O. (1840) Order XIII. Diptera Aristotle. (Antliata Fabricius. Halteriptera Clairv.). In: Westwood, J. O., An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organization of the different families. Synopsis of the genera of British insects. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, London, pp. 125 - 154. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12455","Evenhuis, N. L., Pape, T. & Pont, A. C. (2016) Nomenclatural studies toward a World list of Diptera genus-group names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart. Zootaxa, 4172 (1), 1 - 211. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4172.1.1","Meigen, J. W. (1800) Nouvelle classification des mouches a deux ailes (Diptera L.) d'apres un plan tout nouveau. Perronneau, Paris, 40 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119764","Engel, E. O. (1939) Empididae. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.) Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region. Bd. IV. Schweizerbart'sche Ver- lagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, pp. 41 - 104.","Evenhuis, N. L. & Pape, T. (2017) Battling the un-dead: the status of the Diptera genus-group names originally proposed in Johann Wilhelm Meigen's 1800 pamphlet. Zootaxa, 4275 (1), 1 - 74. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4275.1.1","Macquart, P. - J. - M. (1850) Catalogue du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de la Ville de Lille. Tome second. Animaux invertebres. L. Danel, Lille, 639 pp.","Bigot, J. M. F. (1857) Essai d'une classification generale et synoptique de l'ordre des insectes dipteres. (5 e memoire.). Tribu des Asilidi (mihi). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 3, 5, 517 - 564.","Bigot, J. M. F. (1889) Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 34 e partie. XLII. Empidi (J. B.) Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 6, 9, 111 - 134.","Melander, A. L. (1928) Diptera, Fam. Empididae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, 185 (1927), pp. 1 - 434.","Curran, C. H. (1934) The Families and genera of North American Diptera. The Ballou Press, New York, 512 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6825","Steyskal, G. C. & Knutson, L. V. (1981) Empididae [Chapter] 47. In: McAlpine, J. F., Peterson, B. V., Shewell, G. E., Teskey, H. J., Vockeroth, J. R. & Wood, D. M. (Coords.), Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Vol. 1. Agriculture Canada Monograph, 27, pp. 607 - 624.","Sabrosky, C. W. (1999) Family-group names in Diptera. An annotated catalog. Myia, 10, 1 - 574.","Sinclair, B. J. & Cumming, J. M. (2006) The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa, 1180 (1), 1 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1180.1.1","Cumming, J. M. & Sinclair, B. J. (2009) Empididae (Dance flies, Balloon flies, Predaceous flies) [Chapter] 48. In: Brown, B. V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J. M., Wood, D. M., Woodley, N. E. & Zumbado, M. A. (Eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera. Vol. 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, pp. 652 - 670.","Sinclair, B. J. & Cumming, J. M. (2017) 52. Hybotidae (Hybotid Dance flies). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. & Sinclair, B. J. (Eds.), Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, pp. 1237 - 1250.","Wahlberg, E. & Johanson, K. A. (2018) Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera). Systematic Entomology, 43, 619 - 636. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / syen. 12297","Gonzalez, C. R. & Llanos, L. (2019) 5. Dipteros (Insecta: Diptera) en la Cordillera de la Costa centro-sur de Chile: una mirada a su diversidad. In: Smith-Ramiirez, C. & Squeo, F. A. (Eds.), Biodiversidad y Ecologiia de los Bosques Costeros de Chile, Editorial Universidad de Los Lagos, pp. 101 - 124.","Freitas-Silva, R. A. P. & Ale-Rocha, R. (2013) A new apterous species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa, 3636 (4), 590 - 596. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3636.4.6","Philippi, R. A. (1865) Aufza ¨ hlung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Ko ¨ niglichen Zoologisch-Botanisch- en Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 595 - 782.","Bezzi, M. (1909) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der siidamerikanischen Dipterenfauna auf Grund der Sammelergebnisse einer Reise in Chile, Peru und Bolivia, ausgefurhrt in den Jahren 1902 - 1904 von W. Schnuse. Fam. Empididae. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum, 91 (1), 299 - 406 + 1 (Errata), pl. 12.","Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.","Melander, A. L. (1902) A monograph of the North American Empididae. Part. I. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 28, 195 - 367.","Smith, K. G. V. (1962) Studies on the Brazilian Empididae (Diptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, (B), 114 (7), 195 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1962. tb 01079. x"]}

Platypalpus persephone (Collin, 1933) Tachydromia persephone Collin, 1933: 14. Holotype. Male (NMHUK), Castro, Chiloé Island, Chile. Distribution. Chile: Región de Los Lagos: Chiloé Province (Castro). References. Collin, 1933: 13 (in key); Stuardo, 1946: 104 (cat., as Tachydromia); Smith, 1967: 7 (cat., as Platypalpus); Pont, 1995: 130 (typ.)., Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.","Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.","Smith, K. G. V. (1967) Family Empididae (Empidae, Hybotidae). 39. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, SaTo Paulo, pp. 1 - 67.","Pont, A. C. (1995) The type-material of Diptera (Insecta) described by G. H. Verrall and J. E. Collin. Oxford University Museum Publication 3. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp."]}

Platypalpus paulseni Philippi, 1865 Platypalpus paulseni Philippi, 1865: 768. Syntypes. Number and sex not stated (not located in MNNC), “ Chile ”. Distribution. Chile: without precise locality. References. Reed, 1888: 304 (cat.); Bezzi, 1905: 459 (list, as Tachydromia); Bezzi, 1909: 402 (list, as Tachydromia); Melander, 1928: 363 (dist., as Platypalpus); Collin, 1933: 13 (com., as Tachydromia); Stuardo, 1946: 104 (cat., as Tachydromia); Smith, 1967: 7 (cat.); Camousseight, 2005: 92 (list)., Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409, {"references":["Philippi, R. A. (1865) Aufza ¨ hlung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Ko ¨ niglichen Zoologisch-Botanisch- en Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 595 - 782.","Reed, E. C. (1888)) Catalogo de los insectos dipteros de Chile. Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 73, 271 - 316. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8562","Bezzi, M. (1905) Empididae neotropicae Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, Budapest, 3, 424 - 460.","Bezzi, M. (1909) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der siidamerikanischen Dipterenfauna auf Grund der Sammelergebnisse einer Reise in Chile, Peru und Bolivia, ausgefurhrt in den Jahren 1902 - 1904 von W. Schnuse. Fam. Empididae. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum, 91 (1), 299 - 406 + 1 (Errata), pl. 12.","Melander, A. L. (1928) Diptera, Fam. Empididae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, 185 (1927), pp. 1 - 434.","Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.","Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.","Smith, K. G. V. (1967) Family Empididae (Empidae, Hybotidae). 39. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, SaTo Paulo, pp. 1 - 67.","Camousseight, A. (2005) La contribucion entomologica de R. A. Philippi entre 1859 y 1875 y el estado actual de sus especies. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 54, 81 - 106."]}

Platypalpus testaceus Philippi, 1865 Platypalpus testaceus Philippi, 1865: 767. Microphorus semifulvus Bigot, 1889: 129. Syntypes (MNHN?), Chile. Syntypes. Number and sex not stated (not located in MNNC), Santiago, Chile. Distribution. Argentina: Río Negro Province (Bariloche, Lago Gutiérrez). Brazil. Chile: Región Metropolitana: Santiago Province (near Andean range, Santiago). References. Reed, 1888: 304 (cat.); Bezzi, 1905: 459 (list, as Tachydromia); Bezzi, 1909: 402 (list, as Tachydromia); Melander, 1928: 366 (dist., as Platypalpus); Collin, 1933: 13 (in key), 17–18 (redes., figs., as Tachydromia, syn.); Stuardo, 1946: 104 (cat., as Tachydromia); Smith, 1967: 7 (cat., as Platypalpus); Camousseight, 2005: 92 (list)., Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on page 169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409, {"references":["Philippi, R. A. (1865) Aufza ¨ hlung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Ko ¨ niglichen Zoologisch-Botanisch- en Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 595 - 782.","Bigot, J. M. F. (1889) Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 34 e partie. XLII. Empidi (J. B.) Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 6, 9, 111 - 134.","Reed, E. C. (1888)) Catalogo de los insectos dipteros de Chile. Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 73, 271 - 316. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8562","Bezzi, M. (1905) Empididae neotropicae Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, Budapest, 3, 424 - 460.","Bezzi, M. (1909) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der siidamerikanischen Dipterenfauna auf Grund der Sammelergebnisse einer Reise in Chile, Peru und Bolivia, ausgefurhrt in den Jahren 1902 - 1904 von W. Schnuse. Fam. Empididae. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum, 91 (1), 299 - 406 + 1 (Errata), pl. 12.","Melander, A. L. (1928) Diptera, Fam. Empididae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, 185 (1927), pp. 1 - 434.","Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.","Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.","Smith, K. G. V. (1967) Family Empididae (Empidae, Hybotidae). 39. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, SaTo Paulo, pp. 1 - 67.","Camousseight, A. (2005) La contribucion entomologica de R. A. Philippi entre 1859 y 1875 y el estado actual de sus especies. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 54, 81 - 106."]}

Megagrapha starkiBarták & Grootaert,sp. nov.(Poland, Russia, Slovakia),Oedalea portugalicaBarták & Grootaert,sp. nov.(Portugal),Hybos conicusGrootaert & Barták,sp. nov.(Greece, Turkey), andPlatypalpus obscuroidesBarták & Grootaert,sp. nov.(Slovakia) are described and illustrated. Diagnostic characters are discussed. The female ofSyndyas merziShamshev & Grootaert, 2012 is described for the first time. New distributional records are presented:Megagrapha europaeaPapp & Földvári, 2001 is first reported from Slovakia andSyndyas merziShamshev & Grootaert, 2012 is first reported from Turkey.

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, 9.vii.1971, M. Deyrup (1 ♂, 6 ♀, CNC); Umalakleet, 18, 28. vi.1961, B.S. Heming (1 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC); same data except, 28.vi., 8.vii.1961, R. Madge (1 ♂, 1 ♀, CNC); Umiat, 3���25.vii.1959, R. Madge (3 ♂, 38 ♀, CNC); same data except, 6���15.vii.1959, J.E.H. Martin (26 ♂, 28 ♀, CNC); same data except, 4.viii.1959, B.N. Smallman (1 ♂, CNC). Diagnosis. Small, blackish species of the P. pallidiventris group; one pair of vertical setae, postpedicel nearly 1.5X longer than wide, palpus black, thorax with pale setae, scutum entirely pruinose, acr biserial, legs almost entirely dark brown, hind tibia with long apical spur, abdomen almost entirely shiny. Description. Body length 2.4���2.5 (holotype 2.5), wing length 3.0���3.2 (holotype 3.1) mm. Male (Fig. 73). Head black, mostly pale setose, ocellar setae rather yellowish. Occiput entirely densely greyish pruinose; with one pair of moderately long, fine, wide apart vertical setae; numerous short setae on upper part and longer setae on lower part. Ocellar tubercle concolorous with occiput, with 2 long, lateroclinate anterior setae and 2 minute posterior setae. Frons broad, only slightly narrowed toward antennae, below ocellar tubercle broader than distance between outer margins of posterior ocelli; densely light grey pruinose (anterior view). Face broad, almost as broad as frons above antennae, densely whitish pruinose (including clypeus). Antenna uniformly dark brown; postpedicel short, nearly 1.5X (in holotype 1.65X) as long as basal width; stylus nearly 2X (in holotype 2.2X) longer than postpedicel. Gena narrow, shiny. Proboscis dark brown, elongate, nearly 1.5X shorter of head height. Palpus black, small, oval, whitish pubescent, with few short setae. Thorax black, mostly pale setose, strong setae rather pale yellowish; prothoracic sclerites and mesopleuron densely greyish tomentose, scutum rather yellowish grey faintly tomentose; katepisternum mostly shiny, only tomentose on upper anterior corner and along posterior corner. Postpronotal lobe with 1 moderately long fine seta and some minute setulae. Mesonotum with 2 moderately long npl (with numerous additional setulae), 2 pal (1 longer), 4 sctl (apical pair long, lateral pair finer and shorter; sometimes additional setae present); some setulae behind postpronotal lobe and on supra-alar space; acr short, fine, arranged in 2 moderately broad irregular rows, on prescutellar depression hardly distinguishable from dc and sometimes more numerous; dc arranged in 2���3 irregular rows and mostly similar to acr, some prescutellars longer. Legs extensively dark brown, subshiny, pale setose (except noted), somewhat variable in yellowish pattern. In holotype and most paratypes fore femur very narrowly yellowish apically, mid and hind femora yellowish brown on extreme apex, fore tibia yellowish near base (becoming brownish toward apex); mid and hind tibiae slightly paler than corresponding femora, tarsomeres somewhat paler on basal part (broadly on basitarsus, extreme base on remaining tarsomeres); in addition, in some paratypes fore coxa on extreme apex and all femora on extreme base yellowish brown (1 ♂ and 5 ♀ from Perkatkun). Fore coxae broadly shiny laterally, otherwise densely greyish tomentose; mid and hind coxae almost entirely shiny; all coxae pale setose; hind trochanter with fine setulae. Fore femur strongly thickened; pilose ventrally; with rows of long, fine anteroventral and posteroventral setae (longest setae on basal part slightly longer than half of femur width). Mid femur slightly stouter than fore femur; with double row of short, blackish spine-like setae ventrally, row of long strong posteroventrals intermixed with shorter and finer setae. Hind femur slender, with somewhat longer anteroventral setae on about apical half. Fore tibia slightly uniformly thickened; with simple setulae dorsally, some anterodorsals slightly stronger; longer setae ventrally and posteroventrally (longest ones on subapical part slightly longer than tibia width). Mid tibia with row of ventral dark spinule-like setulae; apical spur long, pointed, with two setulae at tip. Hind tibia slender, straight, with simple setulae. Tarsi of all legs unmodified; fore basitarsus with longer setae ventrally and posteroventrally (similar to those on fore tibia). Wing faintly infuscate, with brownish veins. Basal costal seta moderately long, fine, pale. Veins R 4+5 and M 1+2 slightly convergent near wing margin; CuA straight, perpendicular, faint apically; anal vein very faint; crossveins m-cu and r-m slightly separated. Calypter dirty yellow, pale fringed. Halter yellow. Abdomen entirely blackish brown, almost entirely shiny, only tergite 1 faintly greyish pruinose laterally; covered with numerous pale hair-like setae longer on tergites laterally. Terminalia (Figs 74���76) small, concolourous with abdomen, epandrium shiny. Right cercus (Fig. 75) digitiform, long, almost parallel-sided toward apex, truncate; covered with short simple setae. Left cercus digitiform, slightly longer and narrower (on apical half) than right cercus (dorsal view), almost parallel-sided toward apex, rounded on apex; covered with short simple setae. Hypoproct subtriangular, narrow (dorsal view), with pointed apex almost reaching apex of cerci. Right epandrial lamella (Fig. 74) subtriangular viewed laterally, with row of several long subapical setae; right surstylus well differentiated from apex of epandrial lamella, long, slender, with some minute marginal setulae. Left epandrial lamella subtriangular (Fig. 76) somewhat concave about mid-ventrally; with numerous long pale yellow setae along about apical 2/3 of ventral margin. Female. Similar to male. Visible parts of tergites 7 and 8 densely greyish pruinescent (except narrow upper margin of sternite 8); cercus long, slender. Distribution. Palaearctic: Russia (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Wrangel Island). In North America, this species is known from Alaska, Northwest Territories and Yukon. Etymology. The specific name refers to the similarity of the new species to P. tectifrons (Becker). Remarks. This new species strikingly resembles the poorly known P. tectifrons (Becker, 1907) described from eastern Tibet of China (syntypes housed in ZIN), which has the same pattern of leg colour and other main characters. The redescription of P. tectifrons will be published in a forthcoming paper. Platypalpus tectifrons differs from the new species by the somewhat narrower, longer postpedicel (about 2.5X longer than wide) and brownish to brownish yellow main mesonotal setae. Within the key to Platypalpus compiled by Chv��la (1989), the new species would run to P. interstinctus (Collin, 1926) and P. pseudofulvipes (Frey, 1909) (P. pallidiventris group). Platypalpus interstinctus (somewhat variable in leg colour) differs from the new species by distinctly black annulated tarsi, brownish vertical, acrostichal and dorsocentral setae, as well as by details of the male terminalia (Chv��la 1975: 178, figs 441���443). Platypalpus pseudofulvipes can be readily distinguished from the new species primarily by the spindle-shaped dilated fore tibiae. In addition, the new species could be compared with P. melancholicus (Collin, 1961), P. annulatus (Fall��n, 1815) and P. carteri (Collin, 1926). Platypalpus melancholicus and P. annulatus differ from the new species primarily by 4-serial acrostichals (at least on anterior part of mesoscutum). Platypalpus carteri can be distinguished from the new species by lateral pruinosity on all abdominal tergites. The male terminalia of the new species somewhat resemble those of P. notatus (Meigen, 1822) (especially cerci), however, P. notatus has longer postpedicel (about 2.5X longer than wide) and entirely shiny abdomen (including lateral area of first two tergites). In addition, the new species was compared with the syntypes (currently in CNC) of the species known from subarctic areas of North America listed under above. All these species differ from the new species primarily by a combination of characters noted in the diagnosis. Habitat. On Wrangel Island, this species was collected along riverbeds. Genus Tachypeza Meigen, Published as part of Shamshev, Igor V., Sinclair, Bradley J. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2020, The empidoid flies (Diptera: Empidoidea, exclusive of Dolichopodidae) of the Russian Arctic islands and Svalbard Archipelago, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 4848 (1) on pages 63-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4848.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4406987, {"references":["Chvala, M. (1975) The Tachydromiinae (Dipt. Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 3, 1 - 336.","Collin, J. E. (1961) Empididae. In: British flies. Vol. 6. University Press, Cambridge, 782 pp."]}

Platypalpus cylleneus sp. n. belonging to the subgroup of Platypalpus candicans and cursitans is described from Mt Killini in the Peloponnesus, Greece. A review and a key to the members of the subgroup, P. candicans (Fallen, 1815), P. cursitans (Fabricius, 1775), P. cylleneus sp. nov. and P. nigrimanus Strobl, 1880, is provided.

SummaryAn inventory of species from families Brachystomatidae, Empididae and Hybotidae from random and non-intensive samplings from Uzh River Basin in the Ukraine is presented. Thirteen empidid species [Empis (E.) filata, Hemerodromia oratoria, Hilara flavipes, H. hyposeta, H. intermedia, H. lasiochira, H. litorea, H. media, Chelifera precatoria, C. trapezina, Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes, R. (Holoclera) nigripennis, Wiedemannia (W.) tricuspidata], and three hybotid species (Crossopalpus curvinervis, Oedalea stigmatella, Platypalpus longiseta) are recorded for the first time for the fauna of the Ukraine. Ukrainian checklists of these families are summarized for Brachystomatidae with two species, for Empididae with 57 species and for Hybotidae with 91 species.

Platypalpus sp. nr. malagonensis Grootaert & Chv��la Material examined. Hatay prov.: 1♀: Harbiye nr. Hatay, river valley, V. Vrabec, 21.iv.1997 (CULSP). Remarks. Similar to P. malagonensis Grootaert & Chv��la, 1992, in basic characters (two pairs of verticals, microtrichose mesoscutum, long midtibial spur, biserial acrostichals, yellow thoracic setae, postpedicel 2.5X longer than broad, stylus 1.6X longer than postpedicel). However, the palpus is pale yellow, katepisternal spot very narrow and abdomen microtrichose including venter, except triangular-shaped dorsal spots on tergites 2���5., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Grootaert, P. & Chvala, M. (1992) Monograph of the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotidae) of the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. Acta Universitatis Carolinae-Biologica, 36, 3 - 226."]}

Platypalpus flaviseta Chv��la, 1973 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 1♂, 13 km NE of Muğla, pasture/pine wood, 1200 m, 37��14���50������N, 28��30���E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 23���27.vi.2015 (CULSP). Remarks. The species has been known from temperate and southern parts of Western Europe. Our specimen has distinctly lighter legs than all specimens we have seen (anterior fore coxae and bases of all femora yellow, the remaining leg segments rather light yellowish brown); however, the specimen is immature. The male genitalia and other characters exactly agree with Western European populations. This is the first record for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 471, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Chvala, M. (1973) European species of the Platypalpus albiseta - group (Diptera, Empididae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca, 70, 117 - 136."]}

Platypalpus granadensis Chv��la, 1972 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 2♂, 6♀, Muğla University campus, MT, 720 m, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���13������E, H. Kavak, iv.2015 (CULSP). Remarks. This species was previously known from the female holotype from Spain (Chv��la 1981). Our female specimens agree exactly with the original description except the mid femur bears anterior (or slightly anterodorsal) setae, of which at least 1���2 but usually 3���4 are dark at least on apical half of the femur and also strong and dark anteroventral setae are on the apical half of the femur. In original description and illustration (Chv��la 1981: 147, fig. a) these setae are not mentioned; however, B. Sinclair (Ottawa) kindly examined the female holotype and found anteroventral setae to be present, but not as strong as in our specimen (he compared the holotype with photo of our specimen). Also the anterior setae are present, but they ���appear to be slender and long, not readily distinguished from finer setae��� (B. Sinclair pers. comm. 2017). The postpedicel in our specimens is 1.95X longer than the stylus (mean, standard deviation = 0.22) exactly the same value as obtained by measuring Chv��la ���s fig. b. However, direct measuring of holotype showed this ratio to be 1.66 (B. Sinclair, pers. comm. 2017). Genitalia are very similar to those of P. longicornis (compare Chv��la 1975, figs 329���331), only left epandrial lamella is slightly concave ventrally and both cerci are more rounded apically). Platypalpus granadensis is undoubtedly closely related to P. longicornis, as already stated by Chv��la (1981). Besides differences given in this paper, the mid tibial spur is distinct, rather long and flat in P. granadensis (also apparent from Chv��la 1981, fig. a) which disagrees with the statement: ���No apical spur on mid tibia��� in original description; however, it is almost absent in P. longicornis. These are the first records for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 471, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Chvala, M. (1972) Notes on Scandinavian Platypalpus (Dipt., Empididae) with description of four new species and new synonymies. Entomologica Scandinavica, 3, 1 - 11.","Chvala, M. (1981) Empididae (Insecta: Diptera) from southern Spain, with descriptions of twenty new species and notes on Spanish fauna. Steenstrupia, 7, 113 - 177.","Chvala, M. (1975) The Tachydromiinae (Dipt. Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part I. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 3, 1 - 336."]}

Platypalpus niveisetoides Chvála, 1973 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 1♂, Muğla University campus, 700 m, SW + PT, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′21′′E, Barták, Kubík, 29.iv.–10.v.2013; 1♂, same locality, MT, 720 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′13′′ E, H. Kavak, 26.v.– 26.vi.2015; 1♂, 1♀, 13 km NE of Muğla, pasture/pine wood, 1200 m, 37°14′50′′N, 28°30′E, Barták, Kubík, 23– 27.vi.2015 —all CULSP. Remarks. Known from only several European countries ranging from Italy to Germany, and in CULSP collections there are also specimens from Greece and Bulgaria. These are the first records for Turkey.

Platypalpus australominutus Grootaert, 1989 Material examined. Samsun prov.: 1♂, Samsun University campus, 41��22���N, 36��11���E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 22.vi.��� 4.vii.2014 (CULSP). Remarks. The species is known from Western Europe, ranging from Spain to Norway. This is the first record for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Grootaert, P. (1989) Description of a new Platypalpus species closely allied to P. minutus Meigen (Diptera Empidoidea Hybotidae) from Europe. Bulletin de la Societe royale belge d ' entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 125, 243 - 250."]}

Platypalpus cryptospina (Frey, 1909) = Tachydromia tantula Collin, 1926. Material examined. Muğla prov.: 2♂, Akyaka pasture, 8 m, 37°03′11′′N, 28°20′33′′E, Barták, Kubík, 27.iv.2016; 1♂, Muğla, University campus SW + PT, 700 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′21′′E, Barták, Kubík, 29.iv.–10.v.2013; 1♂, Toparlar, 60 m, lowland wood, SW, 36°58′39′′N, 28°39′30′′E, Barták, Kubík, 5–7.v.2013 —all CULSP. Remarks. This species is known from several European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Leningradskaja obl.) and West Siberia. Specimens from Turkey have entirely yellow or slightly annulated tarsi similarly as P. aliterolamellatus Kovalev, 1971; however, other characters are closer to P. cryptospina: large katepisternal spot, mesoscutum without yellowish tinge, mid and hind coxae darkened (one specimen even with brownish tip of hind femur), long setae on ventral side of left epandrial lamella, lustrous abdominal tergites 3 to 5, and closer-set crossveins. These are the first records for Turkey., Published as part of Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Frey, R. (1909) Mitteilungen uber finnlandischen Dipteren. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 31 (9), 1 - 24.","Collin, J. E. (1926) Notes on the Empididae (Diptera) with additions and corrections to the British List. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 62, 146 - 159.","Bartak, M., Plant, A. & Kubik, S. (2013) Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia. Zootaxa, 3710, 233 - 256."]}

Platypalpus australominutus Grootaert, 1989 Material examined. Samsun prov.: 1♂, Samsun University campus, 41°22′N, 36°11′E, Barták, Kubík, 22.vi.– 4.vii.2014 (CULSP). Remarks. The species is known from Western Europe, ranging from Spain to Norway. This is the first record for Turkey.

Platypalpus hemispinosus Grootaert, 1995 Material examined. Nevşehir prov.: 1♂, 10 km E Nevşehir, Ortahisar env. garden, steppe, B. Mocek, 11.v.1996 (CULSP). Remarks. This species is known only from the type locality in Spain. The specimen from Turkey slightly differs from the original description; specifically the legs are almost entirely black except light brownish red apical parts of fore and mid femora, fore and mid tibiae and bases of basitarsi. However, all other characters including peculiar bristling of the midlegs and genitalia are identical. This is the first record for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Grootaert, P. (1995) A contribution to the knowledge of the remarkable fauna of the gypsiferous hills of Los Monegros (Zaragoza, Spain): The genus Platypalpus (Diptera, Empidoidea) with the description of five new species. Bulletin de la Societe royale belge d ' entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 131, 107 - 125."]}

Platypalpus moceki sp. nov. (Figs 19���22, 32) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: ���TURCIA MER., 10 km E Mut, Bogcagiz 800 m, pine f. [= forest] + pasture, B. Mocek 1.5.1996 ��� (CULSP). PARATYPES: 6♂, 7♀, same data as holotype (CULSP and MHK); 1♀, Turcia mer, 10 km N Silifke, Yenibahce 600 m, mixed forest B. Mocek, 1.v.1996 (CULSP). Diagnosis. Yellow species of the P. pallidiventris���cursitans group with 2 pairs of vertical setae; thorax microtrichose except lustrous spot on katepisternum in male, central part of mesoscutum lustrous in female; mid tibial spur blunt in both sexes (in male with saddle-like apex armed with spine-like seta); long sparse pale posteroventral setae on mid femur. Description. Male. Head black with lower part of frons, face, gena and clypeus more or less (variable) yellowish to yellow, very light (almost silvery) grey microtrichose, all setae whitish yellow. Frons about 0.07 mm broad on lower part (about as broad as pedicel but slightly collapsed in all specimens), slightly widening dorsally. Face broader than frons (about 0.10 mm broad at middle), distinctly keel-like protruding. Gena broad, microtrichose. Antenna (Fig. 19) with both basal segments yellow, postpedicel yellow basally and darkened in apical half to fifth (variable), stylus brown; postpedicel 2.8���3.3X longer than broad, stylus about as long as postpedicel. Clypeus microtrichose. Palpus broadly ovate and distinctly tipped, pale yellow, about 3/4 as long as proboscis, with 1���2 subterminal white seta(e). Ocellar setae whitish yellow and long (about 0.18 mm), posterior pair half as long. Two pairs of pale vertical setae, outer pair lateroclinate and about as long as ocellars, inner pair inclinate and slightly longer, inserted 0.15 mm apart. Occiput whitish yellow setose, setae shorter on dorsal half and longer on ventral part. Proboscis blackish brown, half as long as head height or slightly less. Thorax entirely yellow, microtrichose (only narrow stripe below acrostichals devoid of microtrichia), katepisternum narrowly lustrous, leaving microtrichose stripes on both anterior and posterior parts. All setae whitish yellow. Chaetotaxy: postpronotal seta long and strong accompanied with several short setulae; acrostichals nearly regularly narrowly biserial and slightly diverging, about 0.07 mm long, about 10 setae in one row; dorsocentrals equally long and irregularly 2���3 serial, last pair long, prescutellar depression with setae; notopleuron usually with two setae on posterior part (lower one sometimes reduced) and several additional short setae; 1 long postalar and 1 pair of long scutellar setae (mostly with additional pair of small hairs laterally). Wing clear with pale veins. R4+5 and M1+2 slightly converging apically. Crossveins broadly separated. CuA2 slightly recurrent to almost perpendicular, almost straight and shortened. Costal seta moderately long, yellow. Squama pale yellow with yellow fringes. Halter pale yellow. Legs entirely yellow including coxae and last tarsomeres (only with small dark dots on trochanters and apically darkened midtibial spur). Most setae whitish yellow except ventral spines on mid femur and tibia, some larger setae darkened. Fore femur thickened; rows of antero- and posteroventral setae slightly shorter than half of femur depth. Fore tibia slightly spindle-like dilated, short setose, setae mixed yellow and brown. Mid femur about as deep as fore femur (but longer), with several long, pale posteroventral setae. Mid tibia with apical spur as long as tibia depth, rather saddle-like excavated apically, ending with spine-like seta. Hind legs thin, femur short setose ventrally. Abdomen yellow including genitalia (with exception of brown hypandrium). Tergite 2 nearly completely microtrichose on lateral parts, tergite 3 with basal half microtrichose laterally and tergite 4 with basal third microtrichose, remaining parts including venter and epandrial lamellae lustrous. All abdominal setae pale and moderately long. Genitalia (Figs 20���22): left epandial lamella (Fig. 22) elongate, short setose dorsally and apically, with very long ventral outgrowth only narrowly connected with lamella bearing more than 30 long setae (about 0.20 mm long but appearing shorter on figure illustrated from standardized plane); cerci digitiform and short (Fig. 21), right epandrial lamella (Fig. 20) broadly ovate, with ovate surstylus bearing small setae ventrally. Female. Similar to male except as follows: central disc of mesoscutum lustrous leaving postpronotum, narrow stripe along postpronotum, notopleuron, scutellum and narrow stripe on lateral parts microtrichose; midtibial spur of different shape: rounded, in lateral view with flat ventral part and more convex dorsal side (without sadle-like excavation); abdominal tergites more lustrous (only tergites 1���2 and last three tergites and last sternite microtrichose and darkened); postpedicel in most specimens darker, yellow only on basal part. Length: body 2.4���3.0 mm, wing 2.4��� 3.4 mm. Etymology. The species epithet, moceki, is a Latin genitive patronym to honor Dr. Bohuslav Mocek (Hradec Kr��lov��), the collector of type series. Distribution. Turkey, Mersin province. Remarks. The species described above is most allied to the recently described species, P. amankutanensis Bart��k & Shamshev, 2015. The latter species has a sharp midtibial spur in both sexes and quite different male genitalia (lateral lamella without setose outgrowth). Moreover, sexual dimorphism in microtrichosity of mesoscutum is rare feature in the genus Platypalpus. The species described above may be only with difficulties arranged into the key by Grootaert & Chv��la (1992) due to controversies in couplet 18 (the species does not run to couplet 19 nor to 21). Deeper changes are necessary to re-arrange species under couplet 18., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on pages 462-464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Bartak, M. & Shamshev, I. (2015) Species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Uzbekistan, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa, 3926, 351 - 376. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3926.3.3","Grootaert, P. & Chvala, M. (1992) Monograph of the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotidae) of the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. Acta Universitatis Carolinae-Biologica, 36, 3 - 226."]}

Platypalpus zeravshanensis Barták & Shamshev, 2015 Material examined. Aksaray prov.: 8♂, Tüz Golu lake, 60 km NW Askaray, steppe + bank of lake, B. Mocek, 13.v.1996 (CULSP and MHK); Mersin prov.: 2♂, 10 km E Mut, Bogcagiz, 800 m, pine f. [= forest] + pasture, B. Mocek, 1.v.1996 (MHK). Remarks. Specimens from Turkey slightly differ from those from Uzbekistan: they are darker (both basal antennal segments reddish yellow to reddish brown, legs darkened to various extent—mostly both fore and mid femora brown to black in basal two-thirds, some specimens also with darkened base of hind femur), and more lustrous (fore coxa lustrous up to anterior row of setae, katepisternal spot reaching nearly hind margin of katepisternum). However, all other characters including male genitalia are identical (including details of hypandrium, shape of cerci, and shape of right surstylus). These are the first records for Turkey.

Platypalpus nigricolor Merz & Chvála, 1998 Material examined. Samsun prov.: 5♂, 1♀, Samsun, University campus, 41°22′N, 36°11′E, Barták, Kubík, 22.vi.–4.vii.2014 (CULSP). Remarks. This species was up to now reported only from the Czech Republic and Switzerland; however, in CULSP collections there are specimens from Bulgaria. This is the first record for Turkey.

Platypalpus bartaki Chv��la, 1989 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 1♂, 2♀, Muğla University campus, MT, 720 m, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���13������E, H. Kavak, i.2015; 1♀, same locality, MT, 700 m, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���2������ E, O. Dursun, xii.2013 ��� ii.2014 ���all CULSP. Remarks. This species was previously known only from Austria and Czech and Slovak Republics. Specimens from Turkey (T) differ slightly from central European mountain populations (CE) in having legs entirely dark yellow (with brownish to brownish black markings of various extent on femora in CE). Additionally, the shape of the cerci slightly differs, the T specimen has no interapical tooth on both cerci and the female abdomen is almost entirely microtrichose (with broad lustrous median triangles on tergites 2���6 in CE). Other characters including all details of genitalia are identical (including basal sclerotization of left epandrial lamella and asymmetrical tergite 8). Setae around left epandrial lamella are longer than depicted by Chv��la (1989, fig. 42, in both T and CE). These are the first records for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 469, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Chvala, M. (1989) Monograph of northern and central European species of Platypalpus Macq. (Diptera, Hybotidae), with data on the occurrence in Czechoslovakia. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica, 32, 209 - 376."]}

Platypalpus incertoides Grootaert & Chv��la, 1992 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 1♀, 15 km SW of Muğla, damp valley nr.brook, 630 m, 37��06���31������N, 28��15���31������E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 23.v.2011; 2♀, 5 km S of Muğla, edge of pine wood, 670 m, on flowers, 37��08���27������N, 28��22���05������E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 6.v.2013 ���all CULSP. Remarks. The species has been hitherto known only from Spain. We suspect that it may be only a dark form of P. stackelbergi Kovalev, 1971. These are the first records for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 471, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Grootaert, P. & Chvala, M. (1992) Monograph of the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotidae) of the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. Acta Universitatis Carolinae-Biologica, 36, 3 - 226.","Bartak, M., Plant, A. & Kubik, S. (2013) Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia. Zootaxa, 3710, 233 - 256."]}

Platypalpus sinevi Kustov, Shamshev & Grootaert, 2015 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 17♂, 3♀, Muğla University campus, MT, 720 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′13′′E, H. Kavak, i.2015; 3♀, same data except iv.2015; 1♂, same locality, MT, 730 m, 37°09′38′′N, 28°22′11′′E, Barták, Kubík, xi.2015 – iv.2016; 2♀, same locality, MT, 700 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′2′′ E, O. Dursun, xii.2013 – ii.2014 —all CULSP. Remarks. This species is known up to now only from the European part of Russia (Karachay-Cherkessia). Specimens from Turkey (T) slightly differ from the original description (C), but we consider them conspecific due to: (1) striking similarity of male genitalia, (2) most differences are only in colour characters (T specimens are distinctly darker), and (3) corrections of the original description in many respects by communication with S. Kustov (pers. comm. 2017). Characters not described or specified herewith: clypeus lustrous (both T and C); fore and mid femora with brown (T) or mixed pale and brown setae (C), fore femur with 2 strong anterior setae (both T and C); mid femur with anteroventral brown spine-like setae longer than those in anteroventral row (both T and C); legs dirty yellow (both T and C); abdomen brownish yellow to blackish brown (both T and C); female tergites entirely microtrichose (T) but more broadly lustrous (C); length of body up to 3.9 mm (T), wing from 3.5 mm (T); acrostichals in several specimens almost regularly biserial, with only 1–3 setae inserted on anterior part of mesoscutum outside rows (T). These are the first records for Turkey.

Platypalpus anomalus sp. nov. (Figs 5���7, 28) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: ��� Turkey: 8 km S of ��ine, river bank, 68 m, 37��32���34������N, 28��03���46������E, 29.iv.���1.v.2016, Bart��k, Kub��k��� (CULSP). PARATYPES: 3♂, same data as holotype (CULSP). Diagnosis. Small black species of the P. pallidiventris - cursitans group with a single pair of inclinate vertical setae; antenna with basal segments reddish yellow and the rest black, stylus greatly thickened; mesoscutum rather sparsely microtrichose; mid tibial spur short, short pale posteroventral setae on mid femur. Description. Male. Head black, grey microtrichose. Frons about 0.05 mm broad and almost parallel-sided, widening slightly dorsally and 0.06 mm broad at level of anterior ocellus. Face 0.03 mm broad at middle. Gena very narrow and lustrous. Antenna with both basal segments reddish yellow, postpedicel and stylus black, postpedicel only slightly broader than basal part of stylus, 2.6���2.7X longer than wide, stylus greatly thickened (as in P. farabiensis ���see Shamshev 1998, fig. 7) and 1.4���1.5X longer than postpedicel. Clypeus microtrichose on anterior (dorsal) half and lustrous below (posteriorly). Palpus brown, ovate, half as long as labrum, with 2 long subterminal brownish yellow setae. Ocellar setae pale, about 0.09 mm long, second pair very short. Single pair of inclinate short vertical setae as long as ocellar, inserted wide apart (0.17 mm). Occiput short and sparsely brownish yellow setose dorsally and short paler setose ventrally. Proboscis black, half as long as head height. Thorax black, grey microtrichose, katepisternum narrowly lustrous, leaving microtrichose stripes both anteriorly and posteriorly. Mesoscutum sparsely covered with relatively long and adpressed microtrichia causing somewhat subshiny appearance, pleura more densely microtrichose. All thoracic setae pale, brownish yellow to yellow. Chaetotaxy: postpronotal seta long, additional setae very short; acrostichals narrowly biserial and diverging, short (0.06 mm), only about 5���6 setae in one row; dorsocentrals uniserial, evenly short and sparse anteriorly, posteriorly 1���2 longer pairs; notopleuron with 1���2 setae on posterior part, otherwise with only a few short setulae; 1 postalar and 1 pair of scutellar setae (with additional pair of small setulae laterally). Wing clear with yellowish veins, R4+5 and M1+ 2 in apical third almost parallel. Crossveins very broadly separated (on distance about 3��� 4X longer than length of r-m crossvein (rather narrow second basal cell much longer than first basal cell), vein CuA1 vanishing before wing margin. CuA2 slightly recurrent and slightly C-shaped, anal vein indistinct in basal part. Costal seta brownish yellow, short. Squama whitish with yellow fringes. Halter whitish. Legs yellow including tarsi. Coxae yellow with yellow setae. Fore femur distinctly thickened in basal third, ventral setae short. Fore tibia slightly spindle-shaped dilated, with brownish setulae dorsally and anteriorly. Mid femur distinctly narrower than fore femur, with 6���8 short pale posteroventral setae, anteroventrally with several pale setae somewhat longer than those forming two rows of dark ventral spines. Mid tibia with short blunt-tipped apical spur and usual row of black spines ventrally. Hind legs thin, without conspicuous setae. Abdomen brown, lustrous except finely microtrichose sides of tergites 1���3. All abdominal setae pale (brown on genital lamellae) and short (except long marginal setae on last sternite). Genitalia (Figs 5���7): left epandrial lamella (Fig. 7) with long setae in dorsoapical part; cerci (Fig. 6) short and rather broad; right epandrial lamella (Fig. 5) with short surstylus. Female. Unknown. Length: body 2.0��� 2.3 mm, wing 1.7���2.0 mm. Etymology. The species name is derived from ��� anomalus ��� (= anomalos, Greek adjective meaning anomalous, irregular) referring to several anomalous features of this species (shortened vein CuA1, greatly thickened stylus). Distribution. Turkey, Aydın province. Remarks. The species described above is closely allied to the Central Asian species, P. farabiensis Shamshev, 1998, and P. tumidiarista Bart��k & Shamshev, 2015. With darkened palpi, shape of left epandrial lamella, and narrower mid femur it is closer to the latter. From both species it differs in the structure of male genitalia (left epandrial lamella bears very long, dark posteriorly oriented setae in dorsal excision, broad apical projection, and much longer setae ventrally). Moreover, the lustrous spot on the katepisternum is broader than in both species with which it is compared (broader than posterior microtrichose stripe), vein CuA1, ending far before the wing margin (distance longer than lower crossvein), and clypeus is lustrous on ventral half. Platypalpus anomalus sp. nov. leads to couplet 158 in the key by Grootaert & Chv��la (1992), but differs from any other species of this section by its thickened stylus., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 456, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Bartak, M. & Shamshev, I. (2015) Species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Uzbekistan, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa, 3926, 351 - 376. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3926.3.3","Grootaert, P. & Chvala, M. (1992) Monograph of the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotidae) of the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. Acta Universitatis Carolinae-Biologica, 36, 3 - 226."]}

Platypalpus norvegicus Grootaert & Jonassen, 1991 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 4♂, Akyaka, forest, 30 m, 37��03���16������N, 28��19���35������E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 30.iv.��� 9.v.2013 (CULSP). Remarks. This species has been known up to present only from Norway. Our specimens agree with the original description in all details, except the male abdominal pattern could not be compared because it was not described: our specimens have a lustrous abdomen with all tergites broadly microtrichose on sides (more broadly than in P. pulicarius (Meigen, 1830)) and also sternites 6 to 7 microtrichose (sternite 8 lustrous to sublustrous���the same as in P. pulicarius). The male genitalia are almost identical with the original description, only the right cercus is slightly more broadened apically (about as depicted in P. pulicarius by Chv��la 1975, fig. 360) and right surstylus is long and narrow, straight, with small broadening about its base. This is the first record for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Grootaert, P. & Jonassen, T. (1991) A new Platypalpus (Diptera, Empidoidea) from Norway. Entomologica scandinavica, 22, 31 - 33.","Chvala, M. (1975) The Tachydromiinae (Dipt. Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part I. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 3, 1 - 336."]}

Platypalpus dursuni sp. nov. (Figs 15–18, 31) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: “ Turkey, 13 km NE of Mugla, pine wood + pasture, 37°15′N, 28°30′E, 1100–1300 m, Barták, Kubík, 2.-3.v.2016 ” (CULSP). PARATYPES: 1♂, 2♀, same data as holotype (CULSP). Diagnosis. Very small black species of the P. hackmani group with 2 pairs of vertical setae (inner inclinate, outer lateroclinate); antenna with basal two segments yellow, postpedicel black; thorax entirely microtrichose including katepisternum, large setae dark; legs yellow with segments 2–4 of fore tarsi contrastingly black in male, mid femur with distinct ventral spines, midtibial spur absent, lacking posteroventral setae on mid femur; abdomen microtrichose; left epandrial lamella triangular. Description. Male. Head black, face and genae yellow, grey microtrichose. Frons about 0.07 mm broad ventrally (wider than pedicel) and widening dorsally (about 0.12 mm broad on upper part at level of anterior ocellus). Face about 0.06 mm broad at middle, almost parallel-sided. Gena broad and microtrichose. Antenna (Fig. 15) with basal segments yellow, postpedicel and stylus black; postpedicel broadly ovate, 2.3X longer than broad, stylus subequally long. Clypeus microtrichose. Palpus yellow, narrowly ovate, less than half as long as labrum, with 1 yellow dorsal seta and several very small additional setae. Ocellar setae dark brown, about 0.15 mm long, ocellar tubercule with two pairs of minute additional setulae. Two pairs of long black vertical setae (outer lateroclinate pair as long as ocellars, inner pair even longer), inner pair inserted wide apart (0.19 mm). Occiput sparsely and rather long setose, dorsal setae brownish yellow, ventral setae white and comparatively short. Proboscis black, half as long as head height. Thorax black, entirely grey microtrichose including katepisternum. Large setae black to brown and strikingly long, small setae brownish yellow, proepisternal seta yellow. Chaetotaxy: postpronotal seta very long and inserted posteriorly, two additional setae shorter and other short pale setae inserted on anterior part of postpronotum; acrostichals biserial (about 7 setae in a row), 0.07 mm long; dorsocentrals irregularly uniserial, first 2–3 pairs short, last 3–4 pairs long (anterior one situated anterior to middle of mesoscutum); posthumeral seta present and long, notopleuron with two long setae and 2–4 additional smaller setae; 1 short supraalar; 1 postalar and 1 pair of long scutellar setae (with additional pair of smaller setae laterally). Wing clear with yellow veins, R4+5 and M1+2 evenly slightly diverging, vein R4+5 slightly bowed towards C apically. Crossveins narrowly separated. CuA2 nearly perpendicular and slightly bowed, anal vein depigmented and indistinct in basal portion. Costal seta brown and very long, also second costal seta strong in male paratype. Squama pale yellow with pale fringes. Halter whitish yellow. Legs clear yellow, segments 2–4 of fore tarsus contrastingly black (except basalmost parts), mid and hind tarsi yellow with slightly darkened tips of last 3–4 segments (not contrastingly and no annulations). Coxae with yellow setae, those on fore coxa very long and strong. Fore femur thickened (1.4X broader than mid femur - measured at broadest points), covered with short pale setae except somewhat longer preapicals, anteroventrals short, posteroventrals about one-third as long as femur depth. Fore tibia slightly thickened, short and mostly pale setose, with 1–2 rather long dark anterodorsals. Mid femur much narrower than fore femur, with two long brown anterior setae on apical part, no posteroventral setae, ventrally with two rows of dark spine-like setae, those in posterior row up to 0.05 mm long on basal third becoming shorter and paler apically. Mid tibia narrower than fore tibia, with 1–2 black anterodorsal setae, ventrally with short black spine-like setae less distinct in proximal half, no apical spur. Hind femur relatively strong, short setose ventrally, with longer dark preapicals. Hind tibia with two rather long and black anterodorsal setae (submedian and preapical). Abdomen brown, rather sparsely grey microtrichose, tergites in some lights subshiny, genital lamellae lustrous. Abdominal setae mostly brownish yellow to brown and short. Genitalia (Figs 16–18) small, left epandrial lamella (Fig. 18) triangular-shaped apically, cerci (Fig. 17) short and simply digitiform, left cercus slightly broader than right one, right epandrial lamella (Fig. 16) oval, surstylus with distinct small setae. Female. Similar to male, except as follows: face darker, yellowish parts confined to middle of gena; fore femur with yellowish brown ring occupying middle half of femur, mid and hind femora only slightly shadowed middorsally; tarsal joints (except basitarsi) of all legs darkened apically, least two segments almost entirely brownish yellow to yellowish brown. Length: body 1.9 mm (male), 2.0– 2.1 mm (female), wing 1.8–2.0 mm. Etymology. The species epithet, dursuni, is a Latin genitive patronym to honor Oktay Dursun for his help during our expeditions. Distribution. Turkey, Muğla province. Remarks. The species described above is very closely allied to P. bohousi sp. nov. For differential diagnosis see remarks under the latter species.

Platypalpus olivetorum Grootaert, 2008 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 1♂, Muğla University campus, PT, 645 m, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���21������E, O. Dursun, 8.vi.2012 (CULSP). Remarks. This species is described and known only from Turkey. In CULSP collections there are also specimens from Israel., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Grootaert, P. (2008) New species of Platypalpus Maquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Turkey. Bulletin de la Societe royale belge d ' entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 144, 79 - 85."]}

Platypalpus hemispinosus Grootaert, 1995 Material examined. Nevşehir prov.: 1♂, 10 km E Nevşehir, Ortahisar env. garden, steppe, B. Mocek, 11.v.1996 (CULSP). Remarks. This species is known only from the type locality in Spain. The specimen from Turkey slightly differs from the original description; specifically the legs are almost entirely black except light brownish red apical parts of fore and mid femora, fore and mid tibiae and bases of basitarsi. However, all other characters including peculiar bristling of the midlegs and genitalia are identical. This is the first record for Turkey.

Platypalpus seticauda sp. nov. (Figs 23���26, 33) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: ��� Turkey: 8 km S of ��ine, river bank, 68 m, sw [= sweeping vegetation], 37��32���34������N, 28��03���46������E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 29.iv.���1.v.2016 ��� (CULSP). PARATYPES: 1♂, 2♀, same data as holotype (CULSP). Diagnosis. Small black species of the P. minutus group with 1 pair of vertical setae; mesoscutum lustrous except narrow lateral margins, pleura microtrichose except largely lustrous katepisternum, anepisternum with small lustrous spot and meron subshiny; mid tibial spur short and blunt in both sexes; long sparse pale posteroventral setae on mid femur. Description. Male. Head black, rather light grey microtrichose, all setae yellow. Frons about 0.06 mm broad on lower part (slightly wider than pedicel) slightly widening dorsally (0.08 mm broad at level of front ocellus). Face narrower than frons (about 0.04 mm broad at middle but distinctly widening ventrally. Gena medium wide, lustrous. Antenna (Fig. 23) black including stylus; postpedicel small and rather broad basally, 1.5���1.8X longer than broad, stylus 2.6���2.7X longer than postpedicel. Clypeus lustrous. Palpus yellow, broadly ovate, half as long as proboscis, with 3���4 white setae. Ocellar setae yellow and short (about 0.08 mm), posterior setulae very short. Single inclinate pair of pale vertical setae equally small as ocellars and inserted conspicuously wide apart (0.18 mm). Occiput short yellow setose dorsally and somewhat longer setose ventrally. Proboscis blackish brown, slightly less than half as long as head height. Thorax black, mesoscutum lustrous (from antepronotum to margin of scutellum), microtrichose parts: postpronotum, notopleuron, postalar calli and scutellum; pleura microtrichose except following parts: katepisternum broadly lustrous (almost up to hind margin), anepisternum with small lustrous spot in middle and meron broadly sublustrous (similarly as in P. albifacies (Collin, 1926)). All setae yellow. Chaetotaxy: postpronotal seta long and strong, accompanied with several short setulae; acrostichals biserial and short (0.04 mm) and few in numbers (4���5 pairs); dorsocentrals only slightly longer, uniserial, 5���6 in a row ending in single long seta; notopleuron with single long seta inserted in microtrichose part and several additional small setae; 1 postalar and 1 pair of scutellar setae (with additional pair of small setulae laterally). Wing clear with yellow to slightly brownish yellow veins. R4+5 and M1+2 parallel in apical half. Crossveins narrowly separated. CuA2 almost perpendicular, almost straight, basal part of anal vein indistinct. Costal seta moderately long, yellow. Squama yellow with yellow fringes. Halter whitish yellow. Legs entirely yellow including all coxae (except small dark dots on trochanters), last tarsal joints slightly darkened. Nearly all setae on femora and tibiae yellow (except ventral spines on mid femur and tibia). Fore femur thickened, sparse rows of antero- and posteroventral setae about half of femur depth, several strong but short preapicals. Fore tibia spindle-like dilated, short setose, with several short and fine dark setae dorsally. Mid femur approximately equally deep as fore femur, with several long pale posteroventral setae, anterior of two ventral rows of spines consists of very short setae, nearly as short as their warts. Mid tibia with apical spur shorter than tibia depth, yellow and flattened, appearing sharp in lateral view but broadly rounded in ventral view. Basal part of hind femur curved (bowed dorsolaterally), short setose. Hind tibia thin and short setose. Abdomen brownish black, lustrous, with only sides of first two tergites microtrichose. All abdominal setae pale (except brown large setae on right epandrial lamella) and short (except several longer setae laterally on last abdominal segments). Genitalia (Figs 24���26) very distinctive: left epandrial lamella (Fig. 26) shallowly excised apically, bearing very long setae on small tubercule, setae arched, but if stretched, would be up to 0.30 mm long; cerci (Fig. 25) short and digitiform, right cercus apically broad with short, inner apical lobe and left cercus slightly arched medially; right epandrial lamella (Fig. 24) broadly ovate, with short simple surstylus. Female. Very similar to male, basal abdominal tergites more lustrous (with only slight indication of microtrichosity) and last two segments microtrichose. Length: body 1.9���2.0 mm (female up to 2.3 mm due to somewhat stretched abdomen), wing 2.0��� 2.3 mm. Etymology. The species name reflects extremely long setae on left epandrial lamella. Distribution. Turkey, Aydın province. Remarks. The species described above may be easily recognized by the extremely long ventral setae on the left epandrial lamella. It is similar to P. zernyi Chv��la, 1975, described from South Spain. Besides many small differences in colour of tarsi (P. zernyi has annulated tarsi with last two segments entirely dark), length of vertical setae (long in P. zernyi), number of notopleural setae (two in P. zernyi), length of stylus (2.3X longer than postpedicel in P. zernyi), the most obvious differences are in microtrichosity pattern on pleura (lustrous in P. zernyi) and ventral setosity of left epandrial lamella (with much shorter setae in P. zernyi). The above described species should be also compared with P. javieri Grootaert, 1995, however, this species has, beside other differences, pointed midtibial spur. Platypalpus seticauda sp. nov. may be arranged in the key by Grootaert & Chv��la (1992) as follows: 61 (60) Pleura densely grey microtrichose, except for polished katepisternum; large thoracic bristles black (Canary Islands)...... .......................................................................... argenteomicans (Becker, 1908) - Anepisternum and/or meron polished at least in central part; large thoracic setae yellow to yellowish bown.......... 61b 61b (61) Meron dusted; midtibial spur pointed, black............................................. javieri Grootaert, 1995 - Meron lustrous to sublustrous; midtibial spur blunt, yellow................................................ 61c 61c (61b) Tarsi black annulated; anepisternum broadly lustrous; left epandrial lamella ventrally with setae about 0.15 mm long..... ................................................................................... zernyi Chv��la, 1975 - Tarsi yellow with only last segment darkened, no anulations (Fig. 33); anepisternum with small lustrous spot in middle; left epandrial lamella ventrally with setae up to 0.30 mm long..................................... seticauda sp. nov., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on pages 464-465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Collin, J. E. (1926) Notes on the Empididae (Diptera) with additions and corrections to the British List. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 62, 146 - 159.","Chvala, M. (1975) The Tachydromiinae (Dipt. Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Part I. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 3, 1 - 336.","Grootaert, P. (1995) A contribution to the knowledge of the remarkable fauna of the gypsiferous hills of Los Monegros (Zaragoza, Spain): The genus Platypalpus (Diptera, Empidoidea) with the description of five new species. Bulletin de la Societe royale belge d ' entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 131, 107 - 125.","Grootaert, P. & Chvala, M. (1992) Monograph of the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotidae) of the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. Acta Universitatis Carolinae-Biologica, 36, 3 - 226.","Becker, T. (1908) Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 4, 1 - 180."]}

Platypalpus annulatus (Fallén, 1815) Material examined. Aydın prov.: 6♂, 3♀, 8 km S of Çine, river bank, 68 m, PT, 37°32′34′′N, 28°03′46′′E, Barták, Kubík, 29.iv.–1.v.2016; Gaziantep prov.: 1♂, 3♀, Birecik E from Gaziantep, pastures SE from town, 37.00N, 38.00E env. [= environment], V. Vrabec 24–25.iv.1997; Hatay prov.: 1♂, Turkey, Ceulik nr. Samandag, meadow nr. Titus Tünneli env., 36.07°N, 35.52E env., V. Vrabec 2–23.iv.1997; Muğla prov.: 2♂, 1♀, same data, 21.ix.2012; 1♂, Akyaka, salty meadow, SW + PT, 37°02′53′′N, 28°19′39′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28.iv.-9.v.2013; 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 37°03′19′′N, 28°20′07′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28.iv.-8.v.2013; 1♂, Merkez co. Yenice, 8.x.2006 —all CULSP. Remarks. Broadly distributed species in Western Palaearctic, from North Africa to Scandinavia (but rare in the North), eastwards to Turkmenistan, and also the Nearctic Region. Specimens from Turkey have entirely yellow legs similar to many other specimens from Mediterranean countries in CULSP collections. These are the first records for Turkey., Published as part of Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Fallen, C. F. (1815) Empididae Sveciae. Litteris Berlingianis, Lund, 16 pp."]}

Platypalpus seticauda sp. nov. (Figs 23–26, 33) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: “ Turkey: 8 km S of Çine, river bank, 68 m, sw [= sweeping vegetation], 37°32′34′′N, 28°03′46′′E, Barták, Kubík, 29.iv.–1.v.2016 ” (CULSP). PARATYPES: 1♂, 2♀, same data as holotype (CULSP). Diagnosis. Small black species of the P. minutus group with 1 pair of vertical setae; mesoscutum lustrous except narrow lateral margins, pleura microtrichose except largely lustrous katepisternum, anepisternum with small lustrous spot and meron subshiny; mid tibial spur short and blunt in both sexes; long sparse pale posteroventral setae on mid femur. Description. Male. Head black, rather light grey microtrichose, all setae yellow. Frons about 0.06 mm broad on lower part (slightly wider than pedicel) slightly widening dorsally (0.08 mm broad at level of front ocellus). Face narrower than frons (about 0.04 mm broad at middle but distinctly widening ventrally. Gena medium wide, lustrous. Antenna (Fig. 23) black including stylus; postpedicel small and rather broad basally, 1.5–1.8X longer than broad, stylus 2.6–2.7X longer than postpedicel. Clypeus lustrous. Palpus yellow, broadly ovate, half as long as proboscis, with 3–4 white setae. Ocellar setae yellow and short (about 0.08 mm), posterior setulae very short. Single inclinate pair of pale vertical setae equally small as ocellars and inserted conspicuously wide apart (0.18 mm). Occiput short yellow setose dorsally and somewhat longer setose ventrally. Proboscis blackish brown, slightly less than half as long as head height. Thorax black, mesoscutum lustrous (from antepronotum to margin of scutellum), microtrichose parts: postpronotum, notopleuron, postalar calli and scutellum; pleura microtrichose except following parts: katepisternum broadly lustrous (almost up to hind margin), anepisternum with small lustrous spot in middle and meron broadly sublustrous (similarly as in P. albifacies (Collin, 1926)). All setae yellow. Chaetotaxy: postpronotal seta long and strong, accompanied with several short setulae; acrostichals biserial and short (0.04 mm) and few in numbers (4–5 pairs); dorsocentrals only slightly longer, uniserial, 5–6 in a row ending in single long seta; notopleuron with single long seta inserted in microtrichose part and several additional small setae; 1 postalar and 1 pair of scutellar setae (with additional pair of small setulae laterally). Wing clear with yellow to slightly brownish yellow veins. R4+5 and M1+2 parallel in apical half. Crossveins narrowly separated. CuA2 almost perpendicular, almost straight, basal part of anal vein indistinct. Costal seta moderately long, yellow. Squama yellow with yellow fringes. Halter whitish yellow. Legs entirely yellow including all coxae (except small dark dots on trochanters), last tarsal joints slightly darkened. Nearly all setae on femora and tibiae yellow (except ventral spines on mid femur and tibia). Fore femur thickened, sparse rows of antero- and posteroventral setae about half of femur depth, several strong but short preapicals. Fore tibia spindle-like dilated, short setose, with several short and fine dark setae dorsally. Mid femur approximately equally deep as fore femur, with several long pale posteroventral setae, anterior of two ventral rows of spines consists of very short setae, nearly as short as their warts. Mid tibia with apical spur shorter than tibia depth, yellow and flattened, appearing sharp in lateral view but broadly rounded in ventral view. Basal part of hind femur curved (bowed dorsolaterally), short setose. Hind tibia thin and short setose. Abdomen brownish black, lustrous, with only sides of first two tergites microtrichose. All abdominal setae pale (except brown large setae on right epandrial lamella) and short (except several longer setae laterally on last abdominal segments). Genitalia (Figs 24–26) very distinctive: left epandrial lamella (Fig. 26) shallowly excised apically, bearing very long setae on small tubercule, setae arched, but if stretched, would be up to 0.30 mm long; cerci (Fig. 25) short and digitiform, right cercus apically broad with short, inner apical lobe and left cercus slightly arched medially; right epandrial lamella (Fig. 24) broadly ovate, with short simple surstylus. Female. Very similar to male, basal abdominal tergites more lustrous (with only slight indication of microtrichosity) and last two segments microtrichose. Length: body 1.9–2.0 mm (female up to 2.3 mm due to somewhat stretched abdomen), wing 2.0– 2.3 mm. Etymology. The species name reflects extremely long setae on left epandrial lamella. Distribution. Turkey, Aydın province. Remarks. The species described above may be easily recognized by the extremely long ventral setae on the left epandrial lamella. It is similar to P. zernyi Chvála, 1975, described from South Spain. Besides many small differences in colour of tarsi (P. zernyi has annulated tarsi with last two segments entirely dark), length of vertical setae (long in P. zernyi), number of notopleural setae (two in P. zernyi), length of stylus (2.3X longer than postpedicel in P. zernyi), the most obvious differences are in microtrichosity pattern on pleura (lustrous in P. zernyi) and ventral setosity of left epandrial lamella (with much shorter setae in P. zernyi). The above described species should be also compared with P. javieri Grootaert, 1995, however, this species has, beside other differences, pointed midtibial spur. Platypalpus seticauda sp. nov. may be arranged in the key by Grootaert & Chvála (1992) as follows: 61 (60) Pleura densely grey microtrichose, except for polished katepisternum; large thoracic bristles black (Canary Islands)...... .......................................................................... argenteomicans (Becker, 1908) - Anepisternum and/or meron polished at least in central part; large thoracic setae yellow to yellowish bown.......... 61b 61b (61) Meron dusted; midtibial spur pointed, black............................................. javieri Grootaert, 1995 - Meron lustrous to sublustrous; midtibial spur blunt, yellow................................................ 61c 61c (61b) Tarsi black annulated; anepisternum broadly lustrous; left epandrial lamella ventrally with setae about 0.15 mm long..... ................................................................................... zernyi Chvála, 1975 - Tarsi yellow with only last segment darkened, no anulations (Fig. 33); anepisternum with small lustrous spot in middle; left epandrial lamella ventrally with setae up to 0.30 mm long..................................... seticauda sp. nov.

Platypalpus sinevi Kustov, Shamshev & Grootaert, 2015 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 17♂, 3♀, Muğla University campus, MT, 720 m, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���13������E, H. Kavak, i.2015; 3♀, same data except iv.2015; 1♂, same locality, MT, 730 m, 37��09���38������N, 28��22���11������E, Bart��k, Kub��k, xi.2015 ��� iv.2016; 2♀, same locality, MT, 700 m, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���2������ E, O. Dursun, xii.2013 ��� ii.2014 ���all CULSP. Remarks. This species is known up to now only from the European part of Russia (Karachay-Cherkessia). Specimens from Turkey (T) slightly differ from the original description (C), but we consider them conspecific due to: (1) striking similarity of male genitalia, (2) most differences are only in colour characters (T specimens are distinctly darker), and (3) corrections of the original description in many respects by communication with S. Kustov (pers. comm. 2017). Characters not described or specified herewith: clypeus lustrous (both T and C); fore and mid femora with brown (T) or mixed pale and brown setae (C), fore femur with 2 strong anterior setae (both T and C); mid femur with anteroventral brown spine-like setae longer than those in anteroventral row (both T and C); legs dirty yellow (both T and C); abdomen brownish yellow to blackish brown (both T and C); female tergites entirely microtrichose (T) but more broadly lustrous (C); length of body up to 3.9 mm (T), wing from 3.5 mm (T); acrostichals in several specimens almost regularly biserial, with only 1���3 setae inserted on anterior part of mesoscutum outside rows (T). These are the first records for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 475, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Bartak, M. & Shamshev, I. (2015) Species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Uzbekistan, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa, 3926, 351 - 376. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3926.3.3"]}

Platypalpus excavatus Yang & Yao in Yang et al., 2007 = Tachydromia excisa Becker, 1907 (preocc., nec Loew, 1864) [= Platypalpus]. Material examined. Muğla prov.: 5♂, 1♀, Muğla University campus, 710 m, MT, edge of pine wood + Quercus shrubs, 37°09′39′′N, 28°22′20′′E, xi.2012 – iii.2013; 2♂, 5♀, same locality, MT, 720 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′13′′ E, H.Kavak, iv.2015; 2♂, same locality, 26.v.–26.vi.2015; 1♂, same locality, PT, 645 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′21′′ E, O. Dursun, 8.vi.2012; 2♂, 1♀, 11 km E of Muğla, pine wood + meadow, 1310 m, 37°12′45′′N, 28°27′42′′E, Barták, Kubík, 1.v.2013; 1♂, 5km S of Muğla, edge of pine wood, on flowers, 670 m, 37°08′27′′N, 28°22′05′′E, Barták, Kubík, 6.v.2013; 1♂, Gökçeova Gölü, lake shore, 1750 m, 37°03′42.52′′N, 28°48′28.42′′E, Barták, Kubík, 20.ix.2012 —all CULSP. Remarks. This species is broadly distributed in West Palaearctic including the Mediterranean (Cyprus). These are the first records for Turkey.

Platypalpus anomalus sp. nov. (Figs 5–7, 28) Type material. HOLOTYPE ♂, labelled: “ Turkey: 8 km S of Çine, river bank, 68 m, 37°32′34′′N, 28°03′46′′E, 29.iv.–1.v.2016, Barták, Kubík” (CULSP). PARATYPES: 3♂, same data as holotype (CULSP). Diagnosis. Small black species of the P. pallidiventris - cursitans group with a single pair of inclinate vertical setae; antenna with basal segments reddish yellow and the rest black, stylus greatly thickened; mesoscutum rather sparsely microtrichose; mid tibial spur short, short pale posteroventral setae on mid femur. Description. Male. Head black, grey microtrichose. Frons about 0.05 mm broad and almost parallel-sided, widening slightly dorsally and 0.06 mm broad at level of anterior ocellus. Face 0.03 mm broad at middle. Gena very narrow and lustrous. Antenna with both basal segments reddish yellow, postpedicel and stylus black, postpedicel only slightly broader than basal part of stylus, 2.6–2.7X longer than wide, stylus greatly thickened (as in P. farabiensis —see Shamshev 1998, fig. 7) and 1.4–1.5X longer than postpedicel. Clypeus microtrichose on anterior (dorsal) half and lustrous below (posteriorly). Palpus brown, ovate, half as long as labrum, with 2 long subterminal brownish yellow setae. Ocellar setae pale, about 0.09 mm long, second pair very short. Single pair of inclinate short vertical setae as long as ocellar, inserted wide apart (0.17 mm). Occiput short and sparsely brownish yellow setose dorsally and short paler setose ventrally. Proboscis black, half as long as head height. Thorax black, grey microtrichose, katepisternum narrowly lustrous, leaving microtrichose stripes both anteriorly and posteriorly. Mesoscutum sparsely covered with relatively long and adpressed microtrichia causing somewhat subshiny appearance, pleura more densely microtrichose. All thoracic setae pale, brownish yellow to yellow. Chaetotaxy: postpronotal seta long, additional setae very short; acrostichals narrowly biserial and diverging, short (0.06 mm), only about 5–6 setae in one row; dorsocentrals uniserial, evenly short and sparse anteriorly, posteriorly 1–2 longer pairs; notopleuron with 1–2 setae on posterior part, otherwise with only a few short setulae; 1 postalar and 1 pair of scutellar setae (with additional pair of small setulae laterally). Wing clear with yellowish veins, R4+5 and M1+ 2 in apical third almost parallel. Crossveins very broadly separated (on distance about 3– 4X longer than length of r-m crossvein (rather narrow second basal cell much longer than first basal cell), vein CuA1 vanishing before wing margin. CuA2 slightly recurrent and slightly C-shaped, anal vein indistinct in basal part. Costal seta brownish yellow, short. Squama whitish with yellow fringes. Halter whitish. Legs yellow including tarsi. Coxae yellow with yellow setae. Fore femur distinctly thickened in basal third, ventral setae short. Fore tibia slightly spindle-shaped dilated, with brownish setulae dorsally and anteriorly. Mid femur distinctly narrower than fore femur, with 6–8 short pale posteroventral setae, anteroventrally with several pale setae somewhat longer than those forming two rows of dark ventral spines. Mid tibia with short blunt-tipped apical spur and usual row of black spines ventrally. Hind legs thin, without conspicuous setae. Abdomen brown, lustrous except finely microtrichose sides of tergites 1–3. All abdominal setae pale (brown on genital lamellae) and short (except long marginal setae on last sternite). Genitalia (Figs 5–7): left epandrial lamella (Fig. 7) with long setae in dorsoapical part; cerci (Fig. 6) short and rather broad; right epandrial lamella (Fig. 5) with short surstylus. Female. Unknown. Length: body 2.0– 2.3 mm, wing 1.7–2.0 mm. Etymology. The species name is derived from “ anomalus ” (= anomalos, Greek adjective meaning anomalous, irregular) referring to several anomalous features of this species (shortened vein CuA1, greatly thickened stylus). Distribution. Turkey, Aydın province. Remarks. The species described above is closely allied to the Central Asian species, P. farabiensis Shamshev, 1998, and P. tumidiarista Barták & Shamshev, 2015. With darkened palpi, shape of left epandrial lamella, and narrower mid femur it is closer to the latter. From both species it differs in the structure of male genitalia (left epandrial lamella bears very long, dark posteriorly oriented setae in dorsal excision, broad apical projection, and much longer setae ventrally). Moreover, the lustrous spot on the katepisternum is broader than in both species with which it is compared (broader than posterior microtrichose stripe), vein CuA1, ending far before the wing margin (distance longer than lower crossvein), and clypeus is lustrous on ventral half. Platypalpus anomalus sp. nov. leads to couplet 158 in the key by Grootaert & Chvála (1992), but differs from any other species of this section by its thickened stylus.

Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert, 1986 Material examined. Aydın prov.: 11♂, 8 km S of Çine, river bank, 68 m, PT, 37°32′34′′N, 28°03′46′′E, Barták, Kubík, 29.iv.–1.v.2016; Burdur prov.: 1♂, Yassigüme village, 37°36.51′N, 30°7.80 E, 950–1000 m, 11.vi.2008; Muğla prov.: 1♂, Fethiye co., Kayaköy 36°34.772′N, 29°04.986′E, 140 m, 8.iv.2007; 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 6 m, 37°03′19′′N, 28°20′07′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28.iv.–8.v.2013; 2♂, Akyaka, river bank + salty meadow, 37°03′16′′N, 28°19′57′′E, Barták, Kubík, 16–27.v.2011; 1♂, Toparlar, lowland forest, SW + PT, 8 m, 36°59′27′′N, 28°38′50′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28–30.iv.2016; 1♂, 13km NE of Muğla, pine wood + pasture, 37°15′N, 28°30′E, 1100–1300 m, Barták, Kubík, 2–3.v.2016; 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 37°03′19′′N, 28°20′07′′E, 28.iv.–8.v.2013; 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 8 m, 27.iv.2016, 37°03′11′′N, 28°20′33′′E, Barták, Kubík; Akyaka, 40 m, forest, SW, 37°03′19′′N, 28°19′36′′E, Barták, Kubík, 26.iv.2016; Samsun prov.: 1♂, Samsun University campus, 41°22′N, 36°11′E, Barták, Kubík, 22.vi.–4.vii.2014 —all CULSP. Remarks. This species is widely distributed in temperate Europe, southwards to the Mediterranean (including Egypt—unpublished; from Turkey reported by Grootaert (2008)), eastwards to Uzbekistan. Only male records are reported here due to difficulties in identifying females.

Platypalpus longiseta (Zetterstedt, 1842) Material examined. Muğla prov.: 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 4 m, 37°03′09′′N, 28°20′17′′E, Barták, Kubík, 23– 27.ix.2012; 9♂, Akyaka, river bank + salty meadow, 37°03′16′′N, 28°19′57′′E, Barták, Kubík, 16–27.v.2011; 1♂, Merkez Co. Yenice, 37°6.978′N, 28°19.102′E, 670 m, 8.x.2006; 1♂, Muğla University campus, SW + PT, 700 m, 37°09′42′′N, 28°22′21′′E, Barták, Kubík, 17–22.v.2011; Samsun prov.: 1♂, Samsun University campus, 41°22′N, 36°11′E, Barták, Kubík, 22.vi.–4.vii.2014 —all CULSP. Remarks. This species is distributed in Europe including the Mediterranean, eastwards to Uzbekistan, also Israel and Turkey. The above mentioned records are based on males only because of difficulties in identifying females. All specimens were dissected and, all except two (last two males in the list above) belong to form with “ pallidiventris ” genitalia (i.e., with short tooth on apex of left cercus and strongly ventrally bowed subepandrial sclerite) and simultaneously “ longiseta ” fore tarsi (i.e., ultimate tarsal segment black annulated but penultimate one yellow). This result should be expected because P. longiseta is a very common species and we selected from our large samples preferably specimens with short tooth on apex of left cercus. Several specimens have bifurcated tooth on left cercus (with smaller tooth laterally near base of longer apical tooth, best visible in dorsolateral view). Interestingly, we found no males with typical “ pallidiventris ” forelegs (i.e., with subequally coloured ultimate and penultimate joints of fore tarsus) in Turkey (although Grootaert (2008) reports this species from Turkey). However, recently we found several such males from Israel including intermediate forms in leg colouration. So, both species may represent only different forms of a single species., Published as part of Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on pages 472-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Grootaert, P. (2008) New species of Platypalpus Maquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Turkey. Bulletin de la Societe royale belge d ' entomologie / Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, 144, 79 - 85."]}

Platypalpus niveisetoides Chv��la, 1973 Material examined. Muğla prov.: 1♂, Muğla University campus, 700 m, SW + PT, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���21������E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 29.iv.���10.v.2013; 1♂, same locality, MT, 720 m, 37��09���42������N, 28��22���13������ E, H. Kavak, 26.v.��� 26.vi.2015; 1♂, 1♀, 13 km NE of Muğla, pasture/pine wood, 1200 m, 37��14���50������N, 28��30���E, Bart��k, Kub��k, 23��� 27.vi.2015 ���all CULSP. Remarks. Known from only several European countries ranging from Italy to Germany, and in CULSP collections there are also specimens from Greece and Bulgaria. These are the first records for Turkey., Published as part of Bart��k, Miroslav & Kub��k, ��t��p��n, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 453-482 in Zootaxa 4410 (3) on page 473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1221772, {"references":["Chvala, M. (1973) European species of the Platypalpus albiseta - group (Diptera, Empididae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca, 70, 117 - 136."]}