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

SEMEN KUSTOV; IGOR SHAMSHEV; PATRICK GROOTAERT

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.3

Issue: Vol. 3779 No. 5: 19 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-19

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.3

Page range: 529–539

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

SEMEN KUSTOV⁺⁻
IGOR SHAMSHEV⁺⁻
PATRICK GROOTAERT⁺⁻

Kuban' State University, Biological Faculty, Department of Zoology, Stavropol'skaya str., 149, Krasnodar, 350040, Russia.

All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbel’skogo 3, St. Petersburg—Pushkin, 188620, Russia.

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Diptera Hybotidae Platypalpus new species Palaearctic Caucasus Russia

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Abstract

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