Four new West Palaearctic species and new distributional records of Hybotidae (Diptera)

• Main Authors: Liliana Kanavalová, Patrick Grootaert, Štěpán Kubík, Miroslav Barták
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-02-01
• Series: ZooKeys
• Online Access: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/61496/download/pdf/
• ISSN: 1313-2970

Megagrapha starki Barták & Grootaert, sp. nov. (Poland, Russia, Slovakia), Oedalea portugalica Barták & Grootaert, sp. nov. (Portugal), Hybos conicus Grootaert & Barták, sp. nov. (Greece, Turkey), and Platypalpus obscuroides Barták & Grootaert, sp. nov. (Slovakia) are described and illustrated. Diagnostic characters are discussed. The female of Syndyas merzi Shamshev & Grootaert, 2012 is described for the first time. New distributional records are presented: Megagrapha europaea Papp & Földvári, 2001 is first reported from Slovakia and Syndyas merzi Shamshev & Grootaert, 2012 is first reported from Turkey.