Aphaniosoma pteropus Ebejer, 2021

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 : 130-132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.872.2131
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05098E38-AB11-486E-8F28-8567DE6BC19C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8018521
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/505487F2-B0C5-FF55-FDF9-F97C0AE13B29
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scientific name	Aphaniosoma pteropus Ebejer, 2021
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Remarks

This species belongs to the collini group based on having few dorsocentral setae (2+3) that are relatively strong, and prescutellar acrostichal setae, with the male having the largest and most distinctive development of the hind trochanter known so far. It is about half as long as the hind femur. Photographs of both sexes were included with the original description ( Ebejer 2021a: 9, figs 12–14).

Distribution

Cyprus ( Ebejer 2021a).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
SubOrder	Brachycera
Family	Chyromyidae
Genus	Aphaniosoma

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