Eudorylas fluviatilis (Becker, 1900)

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 fluviatilis (Becker, 1900)

Pipunculus fluviatilis Becker, 1900: 224

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50763 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549649; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Tel Qeshet ; decimalLatitude: 31.533333; decimalLongitude: 34.766667; Event: eventDate: 2004-10-12; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50768 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Tel Qeshet ; decimalLatitude: 31.533333; decimalLongitude: 34.766667; Event: eventDate: 2004-10-12; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50775 ; recordedBy: Y. Nussbaum; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Rehovot ; decimalLatitude: 31.883333; decimalLongitude: 34.8; Event: eventDate: 1991-01-02; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50779 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Herzliyya ; decimalLatitude: 31.15; decimalLongitude: 34.85; Event: eventDate: 1995-12-02; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50794 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Haifa ; decimalLatitude: 32.791694; decimalLongitude: 34.988806; Event: eventDate: 1994-03-27; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50795 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Tel Qeshet ; decimalLatitude: 31.533333; decimalLongitude: 34.766667; Event: eventDate: 2001-10-13; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50806 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Nahal 'lyyon Ha Tanur Waterfall ; decimalLatitude: 33.266667; decimalLongitude: 35.566667; Event: eventDate: 2011-03-15; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50820 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Tel Qeshet ; decimalLatitude: 31.533333; decimalLongitude: 34.766667; Event: eventDate: 2001-10-01; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50823 ; recordedBy: A. Freidberg & L. Friedman; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Herzliyya ; decimalLatitude: 31.15; decimalLongitude: 34.85; Event: eventDate: 2000-12-18; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS51830 ; recordedBy: F. Hamzavi; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549650; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Iran; stateProvince: Sistan & Baluchestan; locality: Saravan ; decimalLatitude: 27.416667; decimalLongitude: 62.283333; Event: samplingProtocol: pan trap; eventDate: 2016-11-08; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52151 ; recordedBy: M. Zardouei; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549666; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Iran; stateProvince: Kermanshah; locality: Sarpolezahab ; decimalLatitude: 34.466667; decimalLongitude: 45.816667; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2016-09-07; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52168 ; recordedBy: M. Ghaforimoghadam; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549664; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Iran; stateProvince: Sistan & Baluchestan; locality: Iranshahr ; decimalLatitude: 27.4; decimalLongitude: 60.833333; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2016-05-02 /12; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52195 ; recordedBy: M. Ghaforimoghadam; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549661; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Iran; stateProvince: Sistan & Baluchestan; locality: Rask ; decimalLatitude: 26.266667; decimalLongitude: 61.416667; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2016-06-10 /07-14; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52308 ; recordedBy: O. Ozden; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Cyprus; locality: Kyrenia ; decimalLatitude: 35.3477; decimalLongitude: 33.1504; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2017-07-09 /16; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52309 ; recordedBy: O. Ozden; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Cyprus; locality: Kyrenia ; decimalLatitude: 35.3477; decimalLongitude: 33.1504; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2017-09-24 /10-01; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52310 ; recordedBy: O. Ozden; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Cyprus; locality: Kyrenia ; decimalLatitude: 35.3477; decimalLongitude: 33.1504; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2017-10-22 /29; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52311 ; recordedBy: O. Ozden; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Cyprus; locality: Kyrenia ; decimalLatitude: 35.3477; decimalLongitude: 33.1504; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2017-10-22 /29; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50770 ; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Park haYarden ; decimalLatitude: 32.9; decimalLongitude: 35.616667; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS50803 ; recordedBy: L. Friedman; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Israel; locality: Nizzanim, Nature Reserve Nahal Evatah ; decimalLatitude: 31.75; decimalLongitude: 34.633333; Event: eventDate: 2008-07-28; Record Level: institutionCode: TAU Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS51914 ; recordedBy: H. Davari; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549660; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Iran; stateProvince: Sistan & Baluchestan; locality: Iranshahr, Daman ; decimalLatitude: 27.4; decimalLongitude: 60.833333; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2016-04-02 /12; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS51915 ; recordedBy: H. Davari; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Iran; stateProvince: Sistan & Baluchestan; locality: Iranshahr, Daman ; decimalLatitude: 27.4; decimalLongitude: 60.833333; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2016-04-02 /12; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: JSS52160 ; recordedBy: F. Hamzavi; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; associatedSequences: GB: MN549652; Taxon: scientificName: Eudorylasfluviatilis; Location: country: Iran; stateProvince: Sistan & Baluchestan; locality: Saravan ; decimalLatitude: 27.416667; decimalLongitude: 62.283333; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2016-11-08; Record Level: institutionCode: CNC

Diagnosis

The male of this species can be recognised by the small membranous area; unequal gonopods in ventral view (Fig. 14 A); right surstylus apically with two short projection in lateral view (Fig. 14 E); left surstylus apically with long projection in lateral view (Fig. 14 D); phallic guide with hook pointing downwards in ventral view (Fig. 14 B).

Distribution

Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Israel, Russia, Spain, Turkey ( Kehlmaier 2005a, Motamedinia et al. 2017, Kehlmaier et al. 2019, Skevington 2020) (Fig. 1 ).

Notes

Eudorylas fluviatilis is in the E. mutillatus species complex. It is genetically close to specimens from Indonesia, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Australia, Israel, Egypt, Yemen and Pakistan, differring by 0.77-4.02%. The genitalia are very similar between E. fluviatilis and E. mutillatus (Loew, 1858), raising the possibility that the two taxa are conspecific. Eudorylas mutillatus was illustrated and re-described by Skevington (2002a) and Földvári (2013), but this species must be re-assessed across its entire range. A second genetic marker should be used in conjunction with COI to test the species concept (likely ITS2) and to examine closely-related and potentially-synonymous species like E. fluviatilis .

Figures

Figure 1. Eudorylas species distribution in the Middle East.

Figure 14. Male genitalia of Eudorylas fluviatilis (JSS 52195) (A) in dorsal view; (B) in ventral view; (C) ejaculatory apodeme; (D, E) in lateral view.