taxonID	type	description	language	source
139A80C23A21550AB332B82CA49F1AF8.taxon	description	Figs 2, 6 - 9	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
139A80C23A21550AB332B82CA49F1AF8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Thorax dark yellow, somewhat blackish dorsally. Antenna yellowish; first flagellomere oval, short, slightly wider than pedicel, 1.3 times longer than wide. Mid tibia with 1 short finger-like apical spur.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
139A80C23A21550AB332B82CA49F1AF8.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig .. 2). Body length 2.6 - 2.7 mm, wing length 2.7 - 2.8 mm. Head black, with pale gray pollen. Eyes narrowly separated on face; frons distinctly wider than face. Hairs on head yellowish, bristles black or brownish yellow. Ocellar tubercle with 2 oc and 2 short posterior hairs. 2 pairs of vt. Antenna (Fig. 6) yellowish; first flagellomere oval, short, 1.3 times longer than wide, slightly wider than pedicel, with indistinct blackish pubescence; stylus blackish, 2.9 - 3.0 times longer than first flagellomere, with short blackish pubescence. Proboscis yellowish, 0.6 - 0.7 times as long as head height. Palpus oval, longer than wide, yellowish, with yellow hairs and bristles. Thorax dark yellow with thin pale gray pollen, blackish dorsally, humerus dark yellow, postalar callus brownish yellow; sutures of mesopleuron somewhat blackish. Hairs and bristles on thorax yellow, bristles strong; mesonotum with dense hairs, acr and dc multiseriate and not separated; 1 h, 2 npl (anterior bristle short), 1 psa, 1 presc; two pairs of sc (lateral pair short, 1 / 3 as long as apical pair). Legs yellow, but tarsomere V brown apically. Hairs on legs yellowish. Fore femur slightly thickened, 1.3 - 1.4 times wider than hind femur; mid femur distinctly thickened, 2.3 - 2.4 times wider than hind femur. Mid femur with 2 rows of short, black, spine-like, ventral bristles (few basal bristles brownish yellow, pv slightly longer than av), without row of outer pv. Mid tibia with 1 row of short black ventral bristles; apical spur short, finger-like (almost as long as tibia width). Wing hyaline, veins brownish; R 4 + 5 and M nearly parallel, r-m and m-m contiguous. Squama yellow with pale hairs. Halter yellowish. Abdomen partly dark yellow, with pale gray pollen, sternites I-VI and hypopygium dark brown. Hairs and bristles on abdomen yellowish except those on hypopygium blackish. Hypopygium (Figs 7 - 9): left epandrial lamella short and small, apically widely obtuse. Right epandrial lamella extremely wide and large; right surstylus (Fig. 8) short and small, pointed at tip. Left cercus (Fig. 7) strongly dilated at base, narrowed towards apex, pointed at tip; right cercus almost as long as left cercus, narrow at tip, slightly curved inwards. Female. Body length 3.0 - 3.5 mm, wing length 2.9 - 3.0 mm. Similar to male, but abdomen dark brown except sternites I-IV or I-V dark yellow.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
139A80C23A21550AB332B82CA49F1AF8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the yellow body hairs.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D895B43133745D8CADF358DCDD62E711.taxon	description	Figs 3, 10 - 13	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D895B43133745D8CADF358DCDD62E711.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. One pair of vt. First flagellomere, 4.9 times longer than wide. Arista 1 / 3 as long as first flagellomere. Mid femur apically with 3 - 4 outer av. Mid tibia with short pointed, apical spur, almost as long as tibia width.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D895B43133745D8CADF358DCDD62E711.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 3). Body length 2.4 - 3.0 mm, wing length 3.3 - 3.4 mm. Head black with pale gray pollen. Eyes narrowly separated on face; frons distinctly wider than face. Hairs on head yellowish, bristles brownish. Ocellar tubercle with 2 oc and 2 short hairs. 1 pair of vt. Antenna (Fig. 10) blackish; first flagellomere very long, 4.9 times longer than wide, with short blackish pubescence; arista rather short, blackish, 1 / 3 as long as first flagellomere, with very short blackish pubescence. Proboscis dark brown, 0.7 times as long as head height; palpus yellowish, with yellow hairs and bristles, distinctly longer than wide, nearly acute at tip. Thorax black with thin pale gray pollen; mesonotum mostly subshiny. Sternopleuron with shiny spot. Hairs and bristles on thorax yellow; mesonotum with somewhat dense hairs, 6 rows of acr, narrowly separated with dc; 1 h, 2 long npl, 1 psa, 1 presc; 2 pairs of short sc (apical pair short, 1 / 3 as long as apical pair). Legs yellow, but tarsomeres V mostly dark brown with yellow base. Hairs and bristles on legs yellowish. Fore femur slightly thickened, 1.3 times wider than hind femur; mid femur distinctly thickened, 2.1 - 2.2 times wider than hind femur. Mid femur with 2 rows of short spine-like blackish ventral bristles (pv distinctly longer than av), 3 - 4 short spine-like outer av at tip, without row of outer pv. Mid tibia with row of black ventral bristles, apical spurt short, acute (nearly as long as tibia width). Wing hyaline, veins brownish; R 4 + 5 and M nearly parallel; crossveins r-m and m-m slightly or distinctly separated. Squama yellow with pale hairs. Halter yellowish. Abdomen blackish with pale gray pollen. Hairs and bristles on abdomen yellowish. Hypopygium (Figs 11 - 13): left epandrial lamella (Fig. 13) rather narrow, apically widely obtuse. Right epandrial lamella wide; right surstylus (Fig. 12) rather long, finger-like. Left cercus (Fig. 11) slightly thickened at base, blunt and narrow at tip; right cercus slightly shorter, with shallow depression on outer edge of middle part, slightly widened at tip. Female. Unknown.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D895B43133745D8CADF358DCDD62E711.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the long right surstylus.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
2B74F747F917544C8F8D16CF239D4721.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Small to middle-sized, body length 2.0 - 4.0 mm; eyes narrowly separated on face; proboscis significantly shorter than head height, palpus very small, rounded; 2 pairs of vts; first flagellomere short-conical or long-conical; distinctive humerus, no distinctive humeral bristle; 2 - 6 rows of acrostichal bristles separated with dc; dense acrostichal on mesonotum, acr multiseriate, mixed with dc; costa vein terminating at apex of M 1 + 2; subcostal vein not reaching costal margin of wings; R 4 + 5 and M 1 + 2 parallel or distinctly convergent apically; anal vein weak or absent; 1 st and 2 nd basal cell short; anal cell significantly smaller than basal cell; no discal cell; fore femur slightly thickened; mid leg raptorial, significantly thickened, with 2 rows of short black spine-like ventral bristle; mid femur slightly curved, with 1 sparse row of black spine-like ventral bristles and 1 apical spur, apex of male abdomen rotating to right (Chvala 1975; Grootaert and Chvala 1992).	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
E8F5435A04C555A4AC6E17575555FCFE.taxon	description	Figs 4, 14 - 17	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
E8F5435A04C555A4AC6E17575555FCFE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Mid femur with brown anterior spot at tip. All tarsomeres with blackish annulation at tip. Fore tibia distinctly thickened, with 3 spine-like dorsal bristles at middle and 2 rows of very long ventral hairs at apical 2 / 3.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
E8F5435A04C555A4AC6E17575555FCFE.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 4). Body length 3.1 mm, wing length 3.5 mm. Head black, with dense, pale gray pollen; clypeus pollinose. Eyes narrowly separated on face; frons slightly wider than face. Hairs and bristles on head yellowish. Ocellar tubercle with 2 oc and 2 short posterior hairs. 1 pair of vt. Antenna (Fig. 14) black, but first flagellomere blackish; first flagellomere short, subconical, with uniformly thin tip, 1.9 times longer than wide, with short brown pubescence; arista blackish, with short brown pubescence, 3.5 times longer than first flagellomere. Palpus dark yellow, short oval, with yellowish hairs and 2 short yellow bristles. Thorax black, with distinct pale gray pollen; mesopleuron with shiny black anterior spot. Hairs and bristles on thorax yellowish; hairs on mesonotum short and sparse; 1 weak h, 2 short npl, acr biserial, 1 long psa, 1 long presc; 2 pairs of sc (lateral pair short). Legs yellow, but tarsomeres with narrow, blackish, apical annulation; mid femur with brown anterior spot at apex. Hairs on legs mostly yellowish except tarsi with blackish hairs; bristles mostly black. Fore femur distinctly thickened, 1.4 times wider than hind femur; mid femur strongly thickened, 2.1 times wider than hind femur. Fore femur with 1 row of short yellowish av; mid femur with 2 rows of short, black, spine-like ventral bristles and 1 row of short outer yellow av and 1 row of long outer yellow pv; hind femur with 1 row of pale yellow av (apical av rather long). Fore tibia distinctly thickened, with 3 spine-like dorsal bristles at middle, 2 rows of very long ventral hairs at apical 2 / 3. Mid tibia with 1 row of black ventral bristles; apical spur long and acute, with 1 short terminal hair at tip. Wing hyaline, veins brownish yellow; cell R 4 + 5 distinctly widened, M distinctly curved, R 4 + 5 and M distinctly convergent apically, r-m and m-m distinctly separated. Squama yellow with pale hairs. Halter yellow. Abdomen subshiny brown, with pale gray pollen, but hypopygium blackish. Hairs and bristles on abdomen yellowish, but partly dark brown on hypopygium. Hypopygium (Figs 15 - 17): left epandrial lamella (Fig. 17) relatively narrow, longer than wide, apically slightly sharp. Right epandrial lamella relatively wide; right surstylus (Fig. 16) fused with right epandrial lamellas, basally short and wide, apically twisted and curved inwards, with row of long, marginal bristles. Right cercus (Fig. 17) almost as long as left cercus, weakly curved inwards apically, with weak bulge; left cercus apically widened and distinctly curved inward. Female. Body length 3.0 - 3.5 mm, wing length 2.9 - 3.0 mm. Fore tibia slightly swollen, with 4 dorsal bristles.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
E8F5435A04C555A4AC6E17575555FCFE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the specimen collector, Professor Maoling Sheng.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D43760A3040C5AB087C52555B9482650.taxon	description	Figs 5, 18 - 21	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D43760A3040C5AB087C52555B9482650.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Two pairs of vt. Mid femur with 1 row of 3 long blackish outer pv on apical half. Mid tibia with 1 short, pointed, acute apical spur. First flagellomere 2.1 times longer than wide. R 4 + 5 and M little convergent apically; crossveins r-m and m-m very narrowly separated.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D43760A3040C5AB087C52555B9482650.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 5). Body length 2.7 mm, wing length 3.3 mm. Head black with distinct pale gray pollen; clypeus shiny black. Eyes narrowly separated on frons and face. Hairs yellowish on head, bristles blackish. Ocellar tubercle with 2 oc and 2 very short posterior hairs. 2 pairs of vt, outer vt short and curved inward. Antenna (Fig. 18) black; first flagellomere moderately long, subtriangular, 2.1 times longer than wide, distinctly blackish pubescent; arista black very long, 2 times longer than first flagellomere, with short blackish pubescence. Proboscis nearly blackish, 0.9 times as long as head height, palpus longer than wide, lobate, obtuse apically, yellowish, with 4 brown bristles (2 apical bristles long). Thorax black with thin pale grey pollen; mesonotum subshiny black with thin pollen; mesopleuron shiny black except postero-upper margin. Hairs on thorax yellowish, bristles yellow; mesonotum with dense hairs, acr and dc multiseriate and not separated; 1 h, 2 npl of subequal lengths, 1 psa, 1 presc; 2 pairs of sc (lateral pair short and weak, about 1 / 3 as long as apical pair). Legs yellow, but mid tibia brown, all tarsi brown to dark brown except tarsomere 1 brownish yellow with brown tip. Hairs on legs yellowish, but hairs on tibia and tarsi partly blackish. Fore femur weakly thickened, 1.2 times wider than hind femur; mid femur distinctly thickened, 1.5 times wider than hind femur. Fore femur with 1 row of pv (about 1 / 2 as long as femur width); mid femur with 2 rows of short spine-like black bristles (pv slightly longer than av) and 1 row of 3 long blackish outer pv on apical half. Mid tibia with 1 row of short, black, ventral bristles; apical spur short, pointed, shorter than tibia width. Wing hyaline, veins dark brown, R 4 + 5 and M little convergent apically; 1 st basal cell slightly shorter than 2 nd basal cell, crossveins r-m and m-m very narrowly separated. Squama yellow with yellowish hairs. Halter yellowish. Abdomen black, with pale gray pollen. Hairs and bristles on abdomen yellowish. Hypopygium (Figs 19 - 21): left epandrial lamella wide, with wide and blunt apex. Right epandrial lamella very wide and large; right surstylus (Fig. 20) nearly fused with right epandrial lamella, somewhat narrowed, distinctly curved inward, with distinctly apical incision bearing several short marginal hairs. Left cercus (Fig. 19) nearly finger-like, slightly broader at base; right cercus almost as long as left cercus, finger-like. Female. Unknown.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
D43760A3040C5AB087C52555B9482650.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality Shuimogou.	en	Wang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Ning, Yang, Ding, Lin, Kejian (2024): The genus Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with the description of four new species. ZooKeys 1198: 87-99, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.114643
