Revision of Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) in the Middle East, with description of 19 new species Author Motamedinia, Behnam Author Skevington, Jeffrey H. 0000-0002-1445-9870 jhskevington@gmail.com Author Kelso, Scott 0000-0001-5559-9477 scott.kelso@canada.ca text Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-16 5002 1 1 103 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5002.1.1 1175-5326 5122655 5DC2A66A-3F04-42D0-8A8C-F0686054E556 Tomosvaryella teligera Kuznetzov, 1994 Figs 41A‒E , 48C , 64 Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the distinct frontal prominence ( Fig. 48C ); shape of surstyli in dorsal view, both broadened in basal half, moderately narrowed to apical half, curved to each other at apex; left surstylus slightly longer than right one ( Fig. 41A ), gonopods slightly equal in height, right with rounded projection towards phallic guide ( Fig. 41B ). FIGURE 41. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella teligera (JSS51936, CNC) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view. Specimens examined: IRAN : Kermanshah : Dodan , 35°00’N , 46°12’E , 1011 m a.s.l. , Garden, 5.vii.2016 , M. Zardouei, funnel Malaise trap , JSS51938 ( 1♂ , CNC ); Sarpolezahab, 34°28’N , 45°49’E , 456 m a.s.l. , 14.v.2015 , M. Zardouei, Malaise trap, JSS51936‒7 ( 2♂ , CNC). Distribution: Iran , Kazakhstan ( Kuznetzov 1994 ; Skevington 2020 ) ( Fig. 64 ). Note: Based on DNA barcoding, this species is genetically similar to T. ellipiensis sp. nov . , differing by 5.7% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1 ).