Tomosvaryella helwanensis ( Collin, 1949 )

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 : 36

Tomosvaryella helwanensis ( Collin, 1949)

Fig. 53

Diagnosis: Following Kehlmaier et al. (2019), this species can be recognized by the symmetrical surstyli in dorsal view, broadened at the base, both surstyli slightly bean-shaped in lateral view; epandrium wider than long; phallus trifid, one of ejaculatory duct with small spines; phallic guide bent towards surstyli in lateral view ( Kehlmaier et al. 2019: fig. 8A–D).

Distribution: Egypt, Israel (Kehlamier et al. 2019; Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 53 ).

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