Tomosvaryella inopinata 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 : 36

Tomosvaryella inopinata De Meyer, 1995

Figs 19A–E , 56

Diagnosis: This species is related to T. oligoseta De Meyer, 1993 from Botswana ( South Africa). Both have rather symmetrical surstyli in dorsal view, broadened at base and apically, constricted at middle ( Fig. 19A ); epandrium wider than long ( Fig. 19A ). It slightly differs by the shape of surstyli in dorsal view, the bristling of the phallus and lateral setae in tergite 1, being completely reduced in T. oligoseta .

Specimens examined: ISRAEL: Nahal Oren , 32°43’N, 35°01’E, 25.vii.2002, A. Freidberg , JSS52071 (1♂, TAU); Nahal Oren, S. facing slope, 32°43’N, 35°01’E, 2.vii.1998, A. Freidberg , JSS52081 (1♂, TAU); Nizzanim, A. Dunes , 31°43’N, 34°38’E, 6.iv.2009, A. Freidberg , JSS52068–9 (2♂, TAU) ; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Wadi Safad , 25°07’N, 56°11’E; 26.xii.2005 – 2.i.2006, A. van Harten, CNCD8963 , CNCD8969 (2♂, CNC) .

Distribution: Egypt, Israel ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 56 ).

Note: T. inopinata is genetically similar to T. dentiterebra , differing by 3.9% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella inopinata (JSS8963, CNC) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.

FIGURE 56. Distribution of Tomosvaryella inopinata, T. minuscula, T. nimroozensis sp. nov., T. soziana sp. nov. in the Middle East.