Tomosvaryella pistacia Majnon-Jahromi & Kehlmaier, 2017

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 : 59

Tomosvaryella pistacia Majnon-Jahromi & Kehlmaier, 2017

Figs 32A–E , 59

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli, broadened at base and gradually tapering toward apices in dorsal view ( Fig. 32A ), both surstyli bent by 90˚ towards abdominal sternite in lateral view ( Fig. 32D–E ); epandrium small and wider than long in dorsal view ( Fig. 32A ); phallic guide short, broadened at base; phallus with three ejaculatory ducts, one bearing some small teeth in basal half ( Fig. 32D ); gonopods and hypandrium symmetrical in ventral view ( Fig. 32B ). The shape of the surstyli and small epandrium in dorsal view are similar to T. congoana Hardy, 1950 (for illustration see De Meyer, 1993: fig. 10), T. debruyni De Meyer, 1995 (for illustration see De Meyer, 1995: fig. 11) and T. mutata (for illustration see Földvári & De Meyer, 1999: 15 A–D). It differs from T. congoana and T. debruyni by the shape of surstyli in lateral view, which is bent by 90˚ towards the abdominal sternites and differs from T. mutata by the shape of the right surstylus in dorsal view. It is also similar to T. angulata Majnon-Jahromi et al. 2017 , as the surstyli of both species are bent by 90˚ towards the abdominal sternite in lateral view and both have a small epandrium in dorsal view. It differs from T. angulata by the lack of distinct and distally-knobbed surstyli in dorsal view ( Fig. 32B ). Moreover, this species is closely related to T. argyrata and T. argyratoides . See the diagnosis notes under T. argyrata for more details.

Specimens examined: CYPRUS: Kyrenia, 35°21’N, 33°09’E, 1–8.x.2017, O. Ozden, Malaise trap, JSS52304 (1♂, CNC) ; ISRAEL: Har Hermon , 33°18’N, 35°46’E, 2000 m a.s.l., 12.vi.1996, A. Freidberg, JSS52095 (1♂, TAU) .

Distribution: Cyprus, Iran, Israel ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 59 ).

Figures

FIGURE 32. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella pistacia (JSS52095, TAU) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.

FIGURE 59. Distribution of Tomosvaryella nodosa, T. oshidae sp. nov., T. pistacia in the Middle East.