Platypalpus pictitarsis ( Becker, 1902 )

Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4410 (3), pp. 453-482 : 475

Platypalpus pictitarsis ( Becker, 1902)

Material examined. Aydın prov.: 4♂, 8 km S of Çine, river bank, 68 m, SW, 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.: 2♂, Kayaköy 36°34.772′N, 29°04.986′E, 140 m, 8.iv.2007 ; 2♂, Akyaka , pasture, 5 m, 37°03′19′′N, 28°20′07′′E, 28.iv.–8.v.2013 ; 4♂, same locality, 8 m, 37°03′11′′N, 28°20′33′′E, Barták, Kubík, 27.iv.2016 ; 6♂, Akyaka , river bank + salty meadow, 37°03′16′′N, 28°19′57′′E, Barták, Kubík, 16–27.v.2011 ; Samsun prov. : 9♂ , Samsun, University campus, 41°22′N, 36°11′E, Barták, Kubík, 22.vi.–4.vii.2014 —all CULSP .

Remarks. This species is distributed broadly in Europe except north countries, and also from Ukraine, Egypt, Tunisia, Israel, and Cyprus. Due to difficulties in distinguishing females from P. kirtlingensis , we present here only male records. These are the first records for Turkey.