Platypalpus bohousi Barták & Kubík 2018

Zouhair, Laila, Grootaert, Patrick, Gençer, Lütfiye & Kettani, Kawtar, 2025, Turkish Hybotidae (Diptera: Empidoidea): description of six new species with additional data, Zootaxa 5609 (4), pp. 503-524 : 519

Platypalpus bohousi Barták & Kubík 2018

( Figs 16 , 17 )

Length. Body 1.8 mm, wing 2.0 mm.

Material examined. Tokat prov. 1♂, Tokat, 40.247437 N, 36.545849 E, 781 m, grassland, 17.v.2001, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer. Kayseri prov. 1♂, Kayseri, 38.7225 N, 35.4875 E, 1055 m, grassland, 01.vi.2001, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer. Nevşehir prov. 1♂, Hacýbektaþ , 38.6654 N, 37.6154 E, 1607 m, grassland, 03.vi.2003, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer. Sivas prov. 1♂, DurulmuŞ, 39.839481 N, 37.318649 E, 1286 m, grassland, 23.v.2001, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer ; 1♂, Taþlýdere , 39.564166 N, 37.041666 E, 1338 m, grassland, 24.v.2009, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer ; 1♂, Ulaþ, Yaðdonduran , 39.343220 N, 37.127644 E, 1584 m, grassland, 19.vi.2001, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer.

Distribution. Asia: Turkey.

Remarks. Currently, this species is only known from Turkey from the Mediterranean region (Mersin province). We add here a second record of the species from the Central Anatolian Region (Kayseri, NevŞehir, Sivas and Tokat provinces) after its original description in the country by Barták & Kubik (2018). A re-illustration of the genitalia is provided here ( Fig. 17 ).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Platypalpus bohousi Barták & Kubík 2018, male habitus. Scale: 1 mm.

FIGURE 17. Platypalpus bohousi Barták & Kubík 2018, male terminalia. A. Right epandrial lamella, lateral; B. Epandrium and cerci, dorsal; C. Left cercus and left epandrial lamella, lateral; D. Left epandrial lamella slightly tilted to the left. Scale: 0.1 mm (image Patrick Grootaert).