The genus Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903 (Diptera: Chyromyidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, with descriptions of new species Author Ebejer, Martin J. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-06-08 872 1 161 http://zoobank.org/05098e38-ab11-486e-8f28-8567de6bc19c journal article 53713 10.5852/ejt.2023.872.2131 31ad2cf7-cce8-4202-9a46-d81b0073d561 2118-9773 8018303 05098E38-AB11-486E-8F28-8567DE6BC19C Aphaniosoma micromacro Carles-Tolrá, 2001 Fig. 60 Material examined MALTA • 1 ♂ ; Salina saltmarsh ; 7 May 2002 ; B. Merz leg.; MJE . Remarks This species is similar to A. melitense in its overall habitus ( Fig. 60A ), but differs in the male by having the fifth tarsomere of the foreleg black and enlarged ( Fig. 60B ); often all fifth tarsomeres are black; abdominal tergite 5 unmodified. In the female, the fifth tarsomere of the foreleg is also slightly enlarged and dark brown to black, but this is not easily appreciated. The pleura of A. micromacro is yellow, in contrast to the pleura of A. melitense where even in pale specimens the katepisternum always has a large dark marking. Distribution Malta , Spain , Turkey ( Carles-Tolrá 2001 ; Ebejer & Barták 2019 ; Ebejer 2021a , 2021b ).