Aphaniosoma necopinatum Ebejer, 1998

Ebejer, Martin J., 2023, The genus Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903 (Diptera: Chyromyidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, with descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 872, pp. 1-161 : 114-116

Aphaniosoma necopinatum Ebejer, 1998

Fig. 64–65

Material examined

Paratype

TURKEY • 1 ♂; Denizli, Aci Gol marsh; 4 Jul. 1997; M.J. Ebejer leg.; MJE.

Remarks

A black species with dark grey microtomentum ( Fig. 64 ) that is known only from the type series. It is similar to several dark species but mostly to A. claridgei and A. creperum . In the male, it differs in the shape of the pregenital sternite ( Ebejer 1998: 213, fig. 40) and in the hypopygium ( Ebejer 1998: 213, fig 39) where the pregonite is pale, narrow and elongate, and the apex of the epiphallus is pointed. The species can sometimes be identified in the male if the hypopygium is sufficiently exposed ( Fig. 65 ).

Distribution

Turkey ( Ebejer 1998).

Figures

Fig. 64. Aphaniosoma necopinatum Ebejer, 1998, ♂, paratype (MJE), habitus, lateral view.

Fig. 65. Aphaniosoma necopinatum Ebejer, 1998, ♂, paratype (MJE), hypopygium in situ. A. Posteroventral view. B. Lateral view.