Two new Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Ptychopteridae) from the Western Palaearctic.

Ptychopteraxanthopleura Dvořák, Oboňa & Manko, sp. nov. from Azerbaijan and Georgia, and Ptychopterastaryi Dvořák, Oboňa & Manko, sp. nov. from Bulgaria are described. P.xanthopleura sp. nov. differs from the other member of the lacustris group mainly by having almost completely yellow pleurae, and by the shape of the epandrium and gonocoxites. The diagnostics of P.staryi sp. nov. and P.incognita Török, Kolcsár & Keresztes, 2015 based on male genitalia are provided.