The genus Platypalpus Macquart from Russia and neighbouring lands. I. Five new species from Kuril Islands (Diptera, Empidoidea: Hybotidae)
I.V. Shamshev
Abstract. Platypalpus kasparyani sp. n., P. kurilensis sp. n., P. leleji sp. n., P. malokurilensis sp. n., and P. sasaphilus sp. n. are described from the Kuril Islands.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1999, 8(1): 175–182 ▪ Published in print 22 July 1999
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