Tomosvaryella geniculata ( Meigen, 1824 )

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 : 32-33

Tomosvaryella geniculata ( Meigen, 1824)

Figs 16A‒E , 53

Pipunculus geniculatus Meigen, 1824 .—syn. Földvári & De Meyer (1999): p. 331.

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli in dorsal view, both surstyli slightly rectangular shaped, broader at the base and tips ( Fig. 16A ), tip of both surstyli flattened apically in lateral view ( Fig. 16D–E ); epandrium wider than long ( Fig. 16A ); phallus trifid, one of ejaculatory ducts bearing some small spines in lateral view ( Fig. 16E ); gonopods equal in height ( Fig. 16B ).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Kermanshah: Ghazanchi , 34°26’N, 47°00’E, 1304 m a.s.l., 20.vi.2016, M. Zardouei, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51824 (1♂, CNC) ; Harsin , 34°19’N, 47°26’E, 1324 m a.s.l., 22.vii.2016, M. Zardouei, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51944 (1♂, CNC) ; Sarpolezahab , 34°28’N, 45°49’E, 456 m a.s.l., 14.v.2016, M. Zardouei, Malaise trap, JSS52230 (1♀, CNC) ; South Khorasan: Ark , 33°01’N, 58°41’E, 1605 m a.s.l., 30.v–12.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS51997–8 (1♂, 1♀, USNM) ; Ghiok , 32°47’N, 59°07’E, 1917 m a.s.l., 9.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, sweep net, JSS52001 (1♂, CNC) ; Jafarieh , 32°48’N, 59°14’E, 1760 m a.s.l., 21.iv–5.v.2016, B. Mo- tamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS52007 (1♀, CNC) ; Mohammadieh , 32°52’N, 59°01’E, 1419 m a.s.l., 14–30.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, funnel Malaise trap, JSS52051 (1♂, CNC) ; 3–17.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap; funnel Malaise trap, JSS52041–2, JSS52045–6, JSS52048, JSS51966–7, JSS51968–72 (11♂, 1♀, CNC) ; 5–23.ix.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS52025 (1♂, CNC) ; ISRAEL: Nahal Eshharim , 30°28’N, 34°35’E, 790 m a.s.l., 2.v.1995, I. Yarom, Malaise trap, JSS51791 (1♂, TAU) .

Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran Israel, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 53 ).

Note: This species is genetically most similar to T. emaratensis sp. nov., differing by 9.7% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella geniculata (JSS51944, CNC) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.

FIGURE 53. Distribution of Tomosvaryella ellipiensis sp. nov., T. geniculata, T. helwanensis, T. jubata, T. kiansiae sp. nov., T. nigronitida in the Middle East.