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Issue: Vol. 5609 No. 4: 24 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.4.3
Page range: 503-524
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Turkish Hybotidae (Diptera: Empidoidea): description of six new species with additional data

Laboratory of Ecology; Systematics and Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB); URL-CNRST N°18; FS; Abdelmalek Essaadi University; Tetouan; Morocco.
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; O.D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy; Entomology; Vautier street 29; B1000 Brussels; Belgium.
Cumhuriyet University; Science Faculty; Department of Biology; 58140; Sivas; Turkey.
Laboratory of Ecology; Systematics and Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB); URL-CNRST N°18; FS; Abdelmalek Essaadi University; Tetouan; Morocco.
Diptera Turkey Platypalpus Tachydromia Drapetis new regional records

Abstract

Six species belonging to the genera Platypalpus Macquart, Tachydromia Meigen and Drapetis Meigen are described as new for science from the Asian part of Turkey (Anatolia): P. sivasensis sp. nov., P. hirfanlicus sp. nov., P. latemoides sp. nov., P. durulmusensis sp. nov., T. sivasensis sp. nov. and D. incompletoides sp. nov. The species P. nigritarsis Fallén is recorded herein for the first time from Turkey. We report for the first time the occurrence of Platypalpus bohousi Barták & Kubík, P. kirtlingensis Grootaert, P. longiseta Zetterstedt and Crossopalpus setiger Loew in previously unreported biogeographical areas within the country with detailed data on their distribution. All new species are described and illustrated.

 

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