Panimerus goetghebueri (Tonnoir, 1919)

Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago, Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen, Njunjic, Iva & Schilthuizen, Menno, 2023, New records of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) for the Dutch Fauna, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 108636-108636 : 108636

Panimerus goetghebueri (Tonnoir, 1919)

Pericoma goetghebueri Tonnoir, 1919. Tonnoir (1919): 138. TL: Belgium. Gand et Destelberghen

Telmatoscopus goetghebueri Tonnoir: Freeman (1950): 86, Withers (1989): 32.

Panimerus (Panimerus) goetghebueri Tonnoir: Vaillant (1972): 71.

Panimerus goetghebueri Tonnoir: Jezek (1987): 227.

Description

Figures

Fig. 1 D-F

Examined material

1 ♀. The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Vondelpark 52.3578°N, 4.8671°E. 19.VII.2019-27.VII.2019. Leg. Taxon Expeditions Team. ZFMK-TIS-2638058 (OR139011) [ZFMK]; 1 ♂ same data as preceding except for 3.VI.2019-12.VI.2019. Leg. Van der Meer, Marrit. ZFMK-TIS-238056 (OR139010) [TXEX].

Diagnosis

Females of P. goetghebueri can be easily differentiated from the known females of the genus by the shape of sternite 8 and the shape of the genital chamber (Fig. 1 D and F). Males can be easily differentiated from other males of the genus Panimerus by having, at most, eight tenacula on the apex of the surstyli (nine or more in other species) and the ejaculatory apodeme narrowly rod-like (smaller than other species).

Female redescription

Sternite 8 (subgenital plate) is wider than its length, with the anterior margin being four times wider than the posterior margin, covered in small setae with a few scattered larger setae on the dorsal surface, two lateral concavities right before the posterior margin, forming two lobes separated by a concavity in the posterior margin. Cerci are about the same length as sternite 8. The genital chamber is symmetrical as in Fig. 1 D and F.

Based on the male description of Tonnoir (1919) and Vaillant (1972), the female is similar to the male, except the eye bridge is separated by four facet diameters; the head is without corniculi; the pedicel is symmetrical; the flagellomeres are smaller than those of the male. In the examined material, only the first palpal segment is present; apical antennal flagellomeres are absent as well.

Genetics

Two specimens were successfully sequenced: ZFMK-TIS-2638056 (OR139010) and ZFMK-TIS-2638058 (OR139011). The maximum intraspecific uncorrected pairwise distance for COI sequences was 0.45% or 3 bp.

Distribution

Algeria, Czech Republic, Hungary, The Netherlands, Tunisia and the UK ( Ciliberti et al. 2017).

Figures

Figure 1. Figure 1. A-C Panimerus albifacies female: A. Genitalia, B. Subgenital plate, C. Genital chamber. D-F Panimerus goetghebueri female: D. Genitalia, E. Subgenital plate, F. Genital chamber. All scale bars equal 0.10 millimetres.