Tomosvaryella vicina ( Becker, 1900 )

Motamedinia, Behnam, Skevington, Jeffrey H. & Kelso, Scott, 2021, Revision of Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) in the Middle East, with description of 19 new species, Zootaxa 5002 (1), pp. 1-103 : 78

Tomosvaryella vicina ( Becker, 1900)

Figs 44A–F, 64

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli in lateral view, with extended dorsomedial lobe, lobe of right surstylus larger than left one ( Fig. 44E–F), both surstyli slightly flatted apically in dorsal view ( Fig. 44A–B); phallic guide straight, divided apically with plumose projection shortly before apex in lateral view ( Fig. 44E–F); subepandrial sclerite quadratic-shaped in ventral view ( Fig. 44C); gonopods equal in height, right wider than left one in ventral view ( Fig. 44C).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Sistan & Baluchestan: Zabol , 31°02’N, 61°32’E, 470 m a.s.l., 24.v.2016, M. Enaiatnia, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51902 (1♂, CNC) ; 31°03’N, 61°22’E, 6.x.2016, M. Enaiatnia, Malaise trap, JSS52175 (1♂, CNC) ; ISRAEL: Akko , 32°55’N, 35°05’E, 12.viii.2002, A. Freidberg, JSS52067 (1♂, TAU) ; Neot haKikkar, 30°57’N, 35°22’E, 9.iv.2002, L. Friedman, JSS51767, JSS51773 –5 (4♂, TAU) ; Sappir , 30°36’N, 35°11’E, 1.v.1997, A. Freidberg, JSS51720 (1♂, TAU) .

Distribution: Congo, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Madagascar ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 64).

Note: Based on DNA barcoding, this species is genetically similar to T. hamata , differing by 5.3% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).