Aphaniosoma micromacro Carles-Tolrá, 2001

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 : 108

Aphaniosoma micromacro Carles-Tolrá, 2001

Fig. 60

Material examined

MALTA • 1 ♂; Salina saltmarsh ; 7 May 2002; B. Merz leg.; MJE .

Remarks

This species is similar to A. melitense in its overall habitus ( Fig. 60A ), but differs in the male by having the fifth tarsomere of the foreleg black and enlarged ( Fig. 60B ); often all fifth tarsomeres are black; abdominal tergite 5 unmodified. In the female, the fifth tarsomere of the foreleg is also slightly enlarged and dark brown to black, but this is not easily appreciated. The pleura of A. micromacro is yellow, in contrast to the pleura of A. melitense where even in pale specimens the katepisternum always has a large dark marking.

Distribution

Malta, Spain, Turkey ( Carles-Tolrá 2001; Ebejer & Barták 2019; Ebejer 2021a, 2021b).

Figures

Fig. 60. Aphaniosoma micromacro Carles-Tolrá, 2001. A. ♂ (MJE), habitus, lateral view. B. ♂, fore tarsus, dorsal view.