Platypalpus, Macquart, 1827

Grootaert, Patrick & Shamshev, Igor, 2014, New species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, European Journal of Taxonomy 103, pp. 1-20 : 18

Key to Platypalpus of DR Congo

1. Thorax with at least pleura yellow or reddish yellow ....................................................................... 2

– Thorax dark brownish or black ......................................................................................................... 3

2. Stylus white (albiseta -group) with postpedicel 5.3 times as long as broad; mid tibia with pointed apical spur shorter than tibia is wide .................................................................... P. manjano sp. nov.

– Stylus brown with postpedicel 2.5 times as long as broad; mid tibia with long blunt apical spur longer than tibia is wide ........................................................................................ P. saffradi sp. nov.

3. Mid tibia with long sharp apical spur ................................................................................................ 4

– Apical spur on mid tibia shorter than tibia is wide. Species from the albiseta -group ...................... 5

4. Mid femur darkened above ..................................................................................... P. bolikoi sp. nov.

– Mid femur yellow, ventrally with dark brown black stripe along the double row of spinules ............ ..................................................................................................................... P. yangambensis sp. nov.

5. Postpedicel 5.3 times as long as wide; stylus 1.6 times as long as postpedicel ......... P. ikoso sp. nov.

– Postpedicel nearly 4 times as long as wide; stylus almost 2.5 times as long as postpedicel............... ............................................................................................................................... P. lokonda sp. nov.