Tomosvaryella argyratoides De Meyer, 1995

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 : 16

Tomosvaryella argyratoides De Meyer, 1995

Figs 5A–D , 50

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli, broadened at the base and gradually tapering toward apices in dorsal view, both surstyli not curved to the abdominal sternites in lateral view ( Fig. 5A ); epandrium longer than wide ( Fig. 5A ); gonopods equal, triangular-shaped with a small projection bent towards phallic guide in ventral view ( Fig.5B ). This species is closely related to T. argyrata and T. pistacia . See diagnosis of T. argyrata for more details.

Specimens examined: IRAN: South Khorasan: Mohammadieh , 32°52’N, 59°01’E, 1419 m a.s.l., 5–23.ix.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS52026 (1♂, CNC) ; ISRAEL: Arava Valley, nr Hazeva, Shizaf Nature Res. side channel of Waddi Shahak , 30°45’N, 35°15’E, - 116 m a.s.l., 16.iv.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap, JSS52059 (1♂, TAU) ; Har Horesha , 30°34’N, 34°31’E, 6.iv.2005, A. Freidberg, JSS51799 (1♂, TAU) ; Jeruham , 30°59’N, 34°54’E, 26.iv.1973, A. Freidberg, JSS51750 (1♂, TAU) ; Nahal Oren , 32°43’N, 35°01’E, 2.vi.2003, A. Freidberg, JSS51785 (1♂, TAU) ; Sede Boqer , 30°52’N, 34°47’E, 30.iii.2004, L. Friedman, JSS51796, JSS51797 (2♂, CNC, TAU) ; Se- dom, 31°05’N, 35°22’E, 13.iii.1994, A. Freidberg, JSS51702 (1♂, TAU) .

Distribution: Iran, Israel, Spain ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 50 ).

Note: Based on DNA barcodes, this species is most similar to T. gazliensis Kuznetzov, 1994 , differing by 5.05% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella argyratoides (JSS51796, CNC) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.

FIGURE 50. Distribution of Tomosvaryella angulata, T. argyrata, T. argyratoides, T. cyprusensis sp. nov. in the Middle East.