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

  • 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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Author:Patrick GrootaertORCiD, Igor Shamshev
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-406256
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.103
ISSN:2118-9773
Parent Title (English):European journal of taxonomy : 103
Series (Serial Number):European journal of taxonomy : EJT (103)
Publisher:Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Place of publication:Paris
Document Type:Part of Periodical
Language:English
Year of Completion:2014
Year of first Publication:2014
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/06/28
Tag:Afrotropical Region; Diptera; Platypalpus; new species
Page Number:20
HeBIS-PPN:381986292
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0