Tomosvaryella vicina ( Becker, 1900 )

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 : 78

Tomosvaryella vicina ( Becker, 1900)

Figs 44A–F , 64

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli in lateral view, with extended dorsomedial lobe, lobe of right surstylus larger than left one ( Fig. 44E–F ), both surstyli slightly flatted apically in dorsal view ( Fig. 44A–B ); phallic guide straight, divided apically with plumose projection shortly before apex in lateral view ( Fig. 44E–F ); subepandrial sclerite quadratic-shaped in ventral view ( Fig. 44C ); gonopods equal in height, right wider than left one in ventral view ( Fig. 44C ).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Sistan & Baluchestan: Zabol , 31°02’N, 61°32’E, 470 m a.s.l., 24.v.2016, M. Enaiatnia, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51902 (1♂, CNC) ; 31°03’N, 61°22’E, 6.x.2016, M. Enaiatnia, Malaise trap, JSS52175 (1♂, CNC) ; ISRAEL: Akko , 32°55’N, 35°05’E, 12.viii.2002, A. Freidberg, JSS52067 (1♂, TAU) ; Neot haKikkar, 30°57’N, 35°22’E, 9.iv.2002, L. Friedman, JSS51767, JSS51773–5 (4♂, TAU) ; Sappir , 30°36’N, 35°11’E, 1.v.1997, A. Freidberg, JSS51720 (1♂, TAU) .

Distribution: Congo, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Madagascar ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 64 ).

Note: Based on DNA barcoding, this species is genetically similar to T. hamata , differing by 5.3% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 44. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella vicina (JSS51902, CNC) A) dorsal view, B) surstyli dorsal view, C) ventral view, D) ejaculatory apodeme, E, F) lateral view.

FIGURE 64. Distribution of Tomosvaryella subvirescens, T. teligera, T. transvaalensis, T. vicina in the Middle East.