Platypalpus sp. nr. articulatus Macquart

Material examined. Osmanyie prov.: 4♂, 1♀, Nur Daglari Mts., 20 km N Antakya, Akbez, 500 m, B. Mocek, 5.v.1996 (CULSP).

Remarks. Similar to P. articulatus Macquart, 1827 (palpus and mid and hind coxae dark), with identical genitalia. However, fore tarsi with all segments annulated (as in P. articulatoides (Frey, 1918)) and female abdomen lustrous (as in P. maculimanus (Zetterstedt, 1842)) .