Platypalpus

Platypalpus sp. 1 Material examined. 1 ♀: Amankutan, alpine meadow, 39 ° 17 'N, 66 ° 54 'E, 1600 m, 23.v. 1989, M. Barták (CULSP). Remarks. Similar to P. confiformis Chvála, which is known from northern Fennoscandia and the mountains of Central Europe (Chvála 1989). This unnamed species differs by the following features: postpedicel at least 3 X longer than wide, stylus subequal in length; female sternite 8 swollen, much longer than corresponding tergite; postpronotum entirely microtrichose; katepisternum broadly microtrichose on anterior part, lustrous part V-shaped. This undescribed species cannot be described without associated males.Published as part of Barták, Miroslav & Shamshev, Igor, 2015, Species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Uzbekistan, with descriptions of thirteen new species, pp. 351-376 in Zootaxa 3926 (3) on page 374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/23806