Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert 1986

Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert, 1986 (Fig. 14) Length. Body 2.1 mm, wing 2.5 mm. Material examined. Çorum prov. 1♂, Alaca, 40.644 N, 34.262 E, 697 m, grassland, 07.vi.2003, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer. Sivas prov. 1♂, SuŞehri, 40.163 N, 38.090 E, 1056 m, grassland, 31.v.2009, sweep net, leg. L. Gençer. Distribution. Europe: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Macedonia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia; Russia (Shamshev 2016). Asia: Turkey and Uzbekistan (Grootaert 2008; Barták & Kubik 2018; Shamshev 2016). Remarks. Platypalpus kirtlingensis is newly recorded here from Central Anatolia (Sivas province) after its record by Grootaert (2008) and Barták & Kubik (2018) in the Aegean region (Aydin and Muðla provinces), and in the Black Sea region (Samsun province) and Mediterranean region (Burdur province) by Barták & Kubik (2018). We add here another record for the species in the Black Sea region (Çorum province).