title: New data on the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus with description of seven new species.
abstract: Currently, 47 species of the genus Platypalpus are known from the Caucasus including fourteen species recorded herein for the first time: P. albicornis (Zetterstedt, 1842), P. baldensis (Strobl, 1899), P. caroli Grootaert, 1987, P. ciliaris (Fallén, 1816), P. clarandus (Collin, 1926), P. collini (Chvála, 1966), P. cothurnatus Macquart, 1827, P. infectus (Collin, 1926), P. longicornis (Meigen, 1822), P. luteicornis (Meigen, 1838), P. nigrinus (Meigen, 1822), P. pseudociliaris (Strobl, 1910), P. ruficornis (von Roser, 1840), and P. smirnovi Kovalev, 1978. In addition, seven new species are described: P. akhunensis sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory), P. kintrishiensis sp. nov. (Georgia), P. lantsovi sp. nov. (Georgia), P. pseudosilvahumidus sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia), P. sinevi sp. nov. (Russia: Karachay-Cherkessia), P. subcaucasicus sp. nov. (Russia: Krasnodarskiy Territory, Dagestan) and P. teberdaensis sp. nov. (Russia: Karachay-Cherkessia). A key to species of Platypalpus from the Caucasus is presented for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Kuban' State University, Biological Faculty, Department of Zoology, Stavropol'skaya str., 149, Krasnodar, 350040, Russia.; Email: semenkustov@rambler.ru.
authors.forename: Semen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kustov
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaja nab. 1, St.Petersburg, 199034, Russia. All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, shosse Podbel'skogo 3, 188620, St. Petersburg, Russia.; Email: shamshev@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shamshev
authors.affiliation: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.; Email: Patrick.Grootaert@naturalsciences.be.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grootaert
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012426:Russia