Tomosvaryella coquilletti ( Kertész, 1907 )

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 : 19

Tomosvaryella coquilletti ( Kertész, 1907)

Figs 7A–E , 52

Pipunculus coquilletti Kertész, 1907 .—syn. Hardy (1943): p. 159.

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of epandrium in dorsal view, divided into two parts by an epandrial groove ( Fig.7A ); broad subepandrial sclerite in ventral view ( Fig. 7B ); phallus trifid, with three wavy ejaculatory ducts ( Fig. 7D–E ); small and slender phallic guide in lateral view ( Fig. 7E ); gonopods equal in height ( Fig. 7B ).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Kermanshah: Ghazanchi , 34°26’N, 47°00’E, 1304 m a.s.l., 1.vii.2015, M. Zardouei, Malaise trap, JSS51954 (1♂, CNC) ; North Khorasan: Gelian , 37°15’N, 57°55’E, 1283 m a.s.l., 8–22.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS51977–82, JSS51984–85, JSS51988 (9♂, CNC) ; Darkesh , 37°26’N, 56°44’E, 23.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, sweep net, JSS52036 (1♀, CNC) ; Razavi Khorasan: Sheikhha , 36°36’N, 59°11’E, 1169 m a.s.l., 22.v–6.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS51864 (1♂, CNC) ; Torqabeh , 36°18’N, 59°22’E, 1296 m a.s.l., 25.vi–9.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS51850, JSS51858–9 (3♂, CNC, TAU, USNM) ; Sistan & Baluchestan: Zabol, Nimrooz , 31°12’N, 61°20’E, 5.vi.2016, H. Derafshan, sweep net, JSS51844 (1♂, CNC) .

Distribution: Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 52 ).

Note: DNA barcodes of this species are genetically most similar to T. parakuthyi , differing by 10.3% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella coquilletti (JSS51859, USNM) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.

FIGURE 52. Distribution of Tomosvaryella coquilletti, T. debruyni, T. docta in the Middle East.