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
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Tomosvaryella dentiterebra
(
Collin, 1949
)
Figs 10A–E
,
49
Diagnosis:
This species can be recognized by the asymmetrical shape of surstyli in dorsal view, left surstylus broadened apically and constricted medially, right surstylus broader than left one basally (
Fig. 10A
); epandrium wider than long in dorsal view (
Fig. 10A
); gonopods unequal in height, left is higher than right one in ventral view (
Fig. 10B
); phallus trifid, with three wavy ejaculatory ducts, one with tooth-like projections in basal half in lateral view (
Fig. 10D–E
). Based on the shape of the surstyli in dorsal view, it is closely related to
T. angolensis
De Meyer, 1993
and
T. forchhammeri
De Meyer, 1993
. It differs from these species by the shape of the left surstylus in dorsal view, constricted in the middle (
Fig. 10A
).
FIGURE 10.
Male genitalia of
Tomosvaryella dentiterebra
(CNCD159901, EAD) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.
Specimens examined:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
:
Bithnah
,
25°06’N
,
56°08’E
,
12.viii–9.ix.2006
,
A. van Harten
,
Malaise trap
,
CNCD
160279 (
1♂
,
CNC
);
Sharjah
Desert Park
,
25°10’N
,
55°25’E
,
4–8.xii.2004
,
A. van Harten
,
pan trap
,
CNCD
4277 (
1♂
,
CNC
);
Um
al-Quwain,
25°19’N
,
55°19’E
,
23–26.vi.2008
,
A. van Harten
,
pan trap
, JSS52251 (
1♂
,
CNC
);
Wadi Bih
dam,
25°48’N
,
56°04’E
,
21–30.iv.2008
, A. van
Harten
,
light trap
, JSS52243 (
1♂
,
CNC
);
Wadi Bih
,
25°29’N
,
56°02’E
,
29.iii.2007
,
F. Menzel
,
sweep net
,
CNCD
159626 (
1♂
,
TAU
);
Wadi Maidaq
,
25°11’N
,
56°04’E
,
29.vii–26.viii.2006
,
A. van Harten
,
Malaise trap
,
CNCD
159901 (
1♂
,
EAD
)
.
Distribution:
Egypt
,
Iran
,
United Arab Emirates
(
Skevington 2020
) (
Fig. 49
).