Tomosvaryella minima ( Becker, 1897 )

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 : 44-46

Tomosvaryella minima ( Becker, 1897)

Figs 24A‒D , 58

Pipunculus minimus Becker, 1897 .—syn. Földvári & De Meyer (1999): p. 320.

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli in dorsal view, constricted in middle ( Fig. 24A ), broadened in basal third in lateral view ( Fig. 24C‒D ); epandrium longer than wide in dorsal view ( Fig. 24A ); sub- epandrial sclerite long and broad in ventral view ( Fig. 24B ); gonopods equal in height ( Fig. 24B ); phallic guide long, curved to abdominal sternite in lateral view ( Fig. 24C‒D ).

Specimens examined: IRAN: North Khorasan: Darkesh , 37°26’N, 56°44’E, 23.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, sweep net, JSS52031, JSS52033–4 (3♂, CNC) ; Gelian , 37°15’N, 57°55’E, 1283 m a.s.l., 8–22.vii.2016, B. Mota- medinia, Malaise trap, JSS51983; JSS51987 (2♂, CNC) ; Ghazi , 37°29’N, 56°44’E, 1200 m a.s.l., 21.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, sweep net, JSS51960 (1♂, USNM) ; South Khorasan: Jafarieh , 32°49’N, 59°14’E, 1760 m a.s.l., 21.iv– 5.v.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS52012 (1♀, CNC) ; Mohammadieh , 32°52’N, 59°01’E, 1419 m a.s.l., 3–17.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap; funnel Malaise trap, JSS52043–4; JSS51973 (3♂, CNC) ; 9.vi.2015, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS52002 (1♀, CNC) ; Zabol , 31°03’N, 61°22’E, 22.vii.2016, M. Enaiatnia, Mal- aise trap, JSS52145 (1♂, CNC) ; ISRAEL: Be’er Sheva , 31°15’N, 34°47’E, 9.vii.2001, A. Freidberg, JSS52079 (1♂, TAU) ; Haluza Dunes , 31°04’N, 34°27’E, 165 m a.s.l., 3.iv.2009, A. Freidberg, JSS52120 (1♂, TAU) ; Nahal Lavan Rt. 10, 30°51’N, 34°36’E, 17.iv.1998, A. Freidberg, JSS51723, JSS52089, JSS52091 (3♂, TAU) ; Negev, 1 km South of Midreshet Ben Gurion, Nakhal Khavarim , 30°51’N, 34°47’E, 380 m a.s.l., 7–8.vi.2004, M.E. Irwin, Malaise trap, CNCD135039 (1♂, CNC) .

Distribution: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 58 ).

Note: Based on DNA barcodes, T. minima is most similar to T. minuscula (3.6% pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 24. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella minima (JSS52091, TAU) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C, D) lateral view.

FIGURE 58. Distribution of Tomosvaryella minima, T. mutata, T. osteodes sp. nov. in the Middle East.