New species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Patrick Grootaert
Igor Shamshev

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Publication date

November 2014

DOI

10.5852/ejt.2014.103

Publisher

Consortium of European Natural History Museums

ISSN

2118-9773

Journal

issn:2118-9773

Abstract

Six new species of Platypalpus Macquart, 1827 are described from tropical forest at Yangambi (Democratic Republic of the Congo): Platypalpus bolikoi sp. nov., P. ikoso sp. nov., P. lokonda sp. nov., P. manjano sp. nov., P. saffradi sp. nov. and P. yangambensis sp. nov. All species are photographed and, except for P. saffradi sp. nov. known only from females, male terminalia are illustrated for all. A key is provided for the six species of DR Congo. COI barcodes are available for all species at GenBank

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New species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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New species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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