Platypalpus luteicornis (Meigen, 1838)

Barták, Miroslav & Kubík, Štěpán, 2018, Hybotidae (Diptera) from Turkey, with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4410 (3), pp. 453-482 : 473

Platypalpus luteicornis (Meigen, 1838)

Material examined. Muğla prov.: 7♂ , Muğla University campus, edge of pine wood + Quercus shrubs, 710 m, MT, 37°09′39′′N, 28°22′20′′E, xi.2012 – iii.2013; 5♂, 2♀, Gökçeova Gölü , lake shore, 1750 m, 37°03′42.52′′N, 28°48′28.42′′E, Barták, Kubík, 20.ix.2012 ; 1♂, 11 km E of Muğla, pine wood + meadow, 1310 m, 37°12′45′′N, 28°27′42′′E, Barták, Kubík, 1.v.2013 ; 5♂, 2♀, Muğla University campus, 730 m, MT, xi.2015 – iv.2016, 37°09′38′′N, 28°22′11′′E, Barták, Kubík—all CULSP.

Remarks. Broadly distributed in Europe including European Russia. This species is rather variable in many characters including arrangement of acrostichal setae (in some specimens almost triserial), colour of basal antennal segments (ranging from black to yellow), and mid femur (swollen or rather narrow). These are the first records for Turkey.