Tomosvaryella subvirescens ( Loew, 1872 )

Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany & Rafael, José Albertino, 2021, Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) of Colombia, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4985 (1), pp. 37-68 : 54-57

Tomosvaryella subvirescens ( Loew, 1872)

Figs 93–102 , 133

Pipunculus subvirescens Loew, 1872: 87 ; Hough 1899: 84; Cresson, 1911; 314, figs 104, 130, 175; Knowlton 1936: 245; Hardy, 1943: 178, pl 17, figs 101 a–b; Aczél, 1948: 10, 16, 22, 24–27, 166; 1952: 249; Hardy, 1950: 49; 1956: 4; 1959: 41; 1961: 171; 1962: 266; 1966: 64; 1971: 86; 1975: 305; 1980: 487; 1989: 436; Scarbrough & Knutson, 1989: 526, 528; Ale-Rocha, 1996: 183, figs 144–151; Rafael & Ale-Rocha, 2004: 16; Ale-Rocha & Souza, 2011: 295, figs 30, 91–93; Rodriguez & Rafael, 2012: 14, 27, 29, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41; Rafael & Rodriguez, 2016: 454, 455.

Pipunculus aridus Williston, 1893: 78 synonymized by Hough, 1899: 78.

Pipunculus albiseta Cresson, 1911: 318 , fig. 99 synonymized by Hardy 1943: 178.

Pipunculus insularis Cresson, 1911: 317 , figs 41, 105, 106, 169 synonymized by Hardy 1943: 178.

Pipunculus metallescens Malloch, 1912: 298 , fig. 4 synonymized by Hardy 1943: 178.

Pipunculus similans Becker, 1924: 15 synonymized by Hardy 1943: 178.

Pipunculus knowltoni Hardy, 1939: 20 , figs 5 a–d synonymized by Hardy 1943: 178.

Diagnosis. Male. Body shiny ( Fig. 95 ). Hind trochanter ventrally slightly elevated, white-setose ( Fig. 94 ). Tergites and sternites 6 and 7 as in Fig. 95 . Syntergosternite 8 symmetrical, sub-he mispherical ( Figs 96–97 ). Surstyli asymmetrical, right surstylus wider than left, with distinct external sub-median lobe ( Figs 96–97 ), when seen in lateral view both somewhat short and wide ( Figs 98–99 ). Apex of phallic guide thickened, elongated, angled at about 45 degrees ( Fig. 100 ). Phallus with ejaculatory ducts elongated, one ejaculatory duct somewhat coiled and noticable thicker than the other two ( Fig. 100 ). Ejaculatory apodeme fan-shaped ( Fig. 101 ). Gonopods subsymmetrical ( Fig. 102 ).

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Boyacá, SFF[Santuario de Fauna y Flora] Iguaque , 5º26’N / 73º27’W, 2600 m [eters], Malaise, 01–16.xii.2001, A. Roberto leg, “M2582” (1♂, IAvH) (photographed specimen); “ idem, Antioquia, Envigado, Separador vial sector bodegas Éxito- Pirelli , Zona industrial, Jama , 6,16913N / 75,60201W, 15.ago[viii]–01.sep[ix].2017, J. Torres-Toro (1♂, LEUA –161730)”.

Geographical distribution. Species widely distributed in the Palearctic regions, Afrotropical, Indomalaya, Australian, Nearctic and Neotropical, Mexico Bahamas, Belize ( Ale-Rocha & Rafael 1995), Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Jamaica; Nicaragua; Puerto Rico; Colombia ( Rodriguez & Rafael 2012), Antioquia, Envigado; Boyacá, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Iguaque ( Fig. 133 ).

Habitat. The specimens were collected with Malaise traps at ground level at the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Iguaque reserve, in tropical dry forest of the Northeast region, and in urban areas at Envigado, Antioquia Andean region of Colombia.

Comments. It is one of the most common species of this genus in the Neotropical Region. The specimens collected are identical to the holotype illustrated by Ale-Rocha (1996).

Figures

FIGURE 133. Geographical records of Tomosvaryella species in Colombia. T. lynchi, T. macarenensis sp. nov., T. similis, T. venezuelana, T. subvirescens and T. scopulata.

FIGURES 93–102. Tomosvaryella subviresncens (Loew, 1872) (IAvH–2582). Male. 93, Habitus, left lateral view; 94, Left hind trochanter, lateral view; 95, Tergites and sternites 6 and 7, ventral view; 96, Tip of abdomen with syntergosternite 8, ventral view; 97, Susrtyli, dorsal view; 98, Left surstylus, lateral view; 99, Right surstylus, lateral view; 100, Phallic guide and phallus, left lateral view; 101, Ejaculatory apodeme, lateral view; 102, Hypandrium and gonopods, ventral view.