Efflatouniella sinatica, Mohammad, Salwa K. & Badrawy, Haitham B. M., 2011

Mohammad, Salwa K. & Badrawy, Haitham B. M., 2011, Revision of Efflatouniella Kröber, 1927 (Diptera: Therevidae), Zootaxa 2926, pp. 55-60 : 58-60

Efflatouniella sinatica sp. nov.

( Figs. 4–6, 8 , 17–20 )

Type locality. (holotype) W. Moweleh (S. Sinai) 15.IV.1934 (1 male), Egypt ( CUC).

Diagnosis. Frons with dark furrow; antenna with scape slender, style two segmented; four notopleural macrosetae; wing maculated, vein C ending at CuA2, medial veins reaching wing margin, cell r4 at most three times as long as wide at apex; abdomen brownish with triangular greyish lateral spots at posterior margins of tergites 2–5; gonocoxite with large gonostylus (boot shaped), apical part of aedeagus bifid (dorsal arm longer and broader than ventral arm).

Discription. Length: (male) body 4.0– 4.8 mm, wing 3.8–4.2 mm. (female) body 4.5–5.0 mm, wing 3.5–4.0 mm.

Male. Very small sized (4.8 mm), grey-brownish species. Head greyish with a concave occiput; frons with narrow dark furrow at center; antenna pale yellow with scape elongated and slender, style two segmented; palpus pale grey. Thorax pale grey with two thick brownish median stripes, two thin opaque lateral stripes and two distinctly brownish spots at outer margin, four notopleural setae; wings maculate with veins light brown but apex darker, vein C ending at CuA2, all medial veins (M1, M2 & M3) reaching wing-margin, cell r4 at most three times as long as wide at apex; haltere with knob dark brownish, stem yellowish; legs brownish with extreme apices of tibiae blackish, fore femur dark brown and tarsi of fore leg blackish. Abdomen short, conical and brownish with triangular greyish lateral spots at posterior margins of tergites 2–5. Gonocoxite with very large gonostylus (boot shaped), apical part of aedeagus bifid (dorsal arm longer and broader than ventral arm).

Female. Similar as male except as follows: legs paler than in male.

Local distribution. Sinai.

Geographical distribution. Egypt, Israel.

Specimens examined. Holotype: EGYPT: W. Moweleh (S. Sinai) [latitude and longitude coordinates, 28.3°– 33.5°] 15.IV.1934 (1 male) (CUC).

Paratypes: EGYPT: W. Moweleh (S. Sinai) 15.IV.1934 (2 males) (ASUC).

ISRAEL: Arava Valley Iddan, side Wadi below date orchard, - 640 ft. el. malaise 6.V.1996, M. E. Irwin [30º49'05"N, 35º16'55"E] (2 males & 2 females) (MEIC)

Etymology. This species is named after the locality of Sinai from where all of the specimens have been collected.

Remarks. Lyneborg (1983) illustrated the lateral view of head, wing, antennae and male terminalia of specimens collected from Sinai, Jericho and Palestine; he identified these specimens as Efflatouniella sp. aff. aegyptiaca Kröber. Due to the examination of new material from Egypt & Israel and the cotype of [ E. aegyptiaca ]; we came to the conclusion that the specimen Lyneborg illustrated belongs to [ E. sinatica sp. nov.] due to Lyneborg mentioned in his diagnosis of Efflatouniella , gonostylus very large and complex in shape.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1 – 3 & 7. Efflatouniella aegyptiaca Kröber. 1. male head. 2. female head (cotype). 3. antenna. 7. wing (type). 4 – 6 & 8. E. sinatica sp. nov. 4. male head. 5. female head. 6. antenna. 8. wing.

FIGURES 9 – 20. Male terminalia. 9 – 12. E. aegyptiaca Kröber. 9. gonocoxite, ventral view. 10. aedeagus, lateral view. 11. aedeagus, ventral view. 12. left gonocoxite with gonostylus, ventral view. 13 – 16. E. legaensis sp. nov. 13. gonocoxite, ventral view. 14. aedeagus, lateral view. 15. aedeagus, ventral view. 16. right gonocoxite with gonostylus, dorsal view. 17 – 20. E. sinatica sp. nov. 17. gonocoxite with aedeagus, ventral view. 10. aedeagus, lateral view. 11. aedeagus, ventral view. 12. left gonocoxite with gonostylus, ventral view. Abbreviations: dap. dorsal apodeme, dp. distiphalus, eap. ejaculatory apodeme, gc. gonocoxite, gs. gonostylus, h. hypandrium, pap. gonocoxal apodeme, vap. ventral apodeme.