Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert, 1986

Material examined. Aydın prov.: 11♂, 8 km S of Çine, river bank, 68 m, PT, 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.: 1♂, Fethiye co., Kayaköy 36°34.772′N, 29°04.986′E, 140 m, 8.iv.2007 ; 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 6 m, 37°03′19′′N, 28°20′07′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28.iv.–8.v.2013 ; 2♂, Akyaka, river bank + salty meadow, 37°03′16′′N, 28°19′57′′E, Barták, Kubík, 16–27.v.2011 ; 1♂, Toparlar, lowland forest, SW + PT, 8 m, 36°59′27′′N, 28°38′50′′E, Barták, Kubík, 28–30.iv.2016 ; 1♂, 13km NE of Muğla, pine wood + pasture, 37°15′N, 28°30′E, 1100–1300 m, Barták, Kubík, 2–3.v.2016; 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 37°03′19′′N, 28°20′07′′E, 28.iv.–8.v.2013 ; 1♂, Akyaka, pasture, 8 m, 27.iv.2016, 37°03′11′′N, 28°20′33′′E, Barták, Kubík; Akyaka, 40 m, forest, SW, 37°03′19′′N, 28°19′36′′E, Barták, Kubík, 26.iv.2016 ; Samsun prov.: 1♂ , Samsun University campus, 41°22′N, 36°11′E, Barták, Kubík, 22.vi.–4.vii.2014 —all CULSP .

Remarks. This species is widely distributed in temperate Europe, southwards to the Mediterranean (including Egypt—unpublished; from Turkey reported by Grootaert (2008)), eastwards to Uzbekistan. Only male records are reported here due to difficulties in identifying females.