Eudorylas bipertitus Kehlmaier, 2005

Motamedinia, Behnam, Skevington, Jeffrey Hunter & Kelso, Scott, 2020, Revision of Eudorylas Aczel, 1940 (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East, with the description of four new species, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 53609-53609 : 53609

Eudorylas bipertitus Kehlmaier, 2005

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50815 ; recordedBy: M. E. Irwin; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549653; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasbipertitus; Location: country: Israel; locality: Arava Valley, nr Hazeva, Shizaf Nature Res. side channel of Wadi Shahak ; decimalLatitude: 30.75; decimalLongitude: 35.25; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 1995-04-06; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50816 ; recordedBy: M. E. Irwin; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasbipertitus; Location: country: Israel; locality: Arava Valley, nr Hazeva, Shizaf Nature Res. side channel of Wadi Shahak ; decimalLatitude: 30.75; decimalLongitude: 35.25; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 1995-03-14; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50817 ; recordedBy: M. E. Irwin; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasbipertitus; Location: country: Israel; locality: Arava Valley, nr Hazeva, Shizaf Nature Res. side channel of Wadi Shahak ; decimalLatitude: 30.75; decimalLongitude: 35.25; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 1995-03-15; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50818 ; recordedBy: M. E. Irwin; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasbipertitus; Location: country: Israel; locality: Arava Valley, nr Hazeva, Shizaf Nature Res. side channel of Wadi Shahak ; decimalLatitude: 30.75; decimalLongitude: 35.25; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 1995-03-22; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU

Diagnosis

This species can be recognised by the divided phallic guide in ventral view, separated directly from gonopods, left is stronger and wider than right one (Fig. 7 C); both surstyli with a wide base and finger-like projection apically, left towards right one in dorsal view (Fig. 7 A, B); gonopods asymmetrical (Fig. 7 C); ejaculatory apodeme spade-shaped (Fig. 7 D).

Distribution

India (unpublished data, CNC485558 and CNC485558), Israel ( Kehlmaier 2005b) (Fig. 1 ).

Notes

Based on DNA barcodes, Eudorylas bipertitus is genetically most similar to E. corniculans sp. n. and E. bihamatus sp. n. (7.74% and 8.57% pairwise divergence, respectively) and to two unnamed South African Eudorylas species (8.51% pairwise divergence).

Figures

Figure 1. Eudorylas species distribution in the Middle East.

Figure 7. Male genitalia of Eudorylas bipertitus (JSS 50815) (A) in dorsal view; (B) surstyli in dorsal view; (C) in ventral view; (D) ejaculatory apodeme; (E, F) in lateral view.