Menozziola tanaitica, Shevchenko & Dubovikoff & Disney, 2024

Shevchenko, Dmitry M., Dubovikoff, Dmitry A. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2024, A new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from the genus Menozziola Schmitz that’s a parasitoid of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Camponotus vagus Scopoli, Ecologica Montenegrina 73, pp. 138-145 : 141-142

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2024.73.14
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72B3DBCB-F66C-4EBA-8720-92545353D4B4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13868812
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BB2987B8-FFA1-0F4F-FF4D-6234F539F95E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Menozziola tanaitica
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Menozziola tanaitica View in CoL sp. n. ( Fig. 1C,D View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3 , 4 View Figure 4 , 5 View Figure 5 )

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Type material: Holotype 1♀ ( ZISP) and 20 paratypes 11♀, 9 ♂ ( ZISP, PCSH): “Россия, Ростовская обл., ст. Багаевская, пойма р. Дон, выведены иЗ самок Camponotus vagus , собранных 27.05.202 2. Мухи выведены 15.06.202 2 (Д. М. Шевченко)” [ Russia, Rostov region, Bagaevskaya village, floodplain of the Don river , bred from Camponotus vagus queens collected on 05/27/2022. The flies were bred on 06/15/2022 (D. M. Shevchenko)].

Description. Male ( Fig. 2 View Figure 2 , 5 View Figure 5 ). Thorax brown. Notopleuron with 2 bristles. Mesopleuron with about 14 hairs and one long bristle. Scutum with a pair of bristles in front of the scutellum, which has a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites 1-6 brown with small hairs mainly at rear margins. Hypopygium as Figs 2 D, E View Figure 2 . Legs brownish yellow. Front tarsus as Fig. 2 G View Figure 2 . Femur and tibia as Fig. 2 F View Figure 2 . The average length (n=4) of the wing ( Fig. 5 View Figure 5 ) is 1,12205 mm. Costal Index 0,3581. Costal ratios 3,929:1,154:1. Costal cilia 0,0273 mm long. Axillary bristle 0,0429 mm long. Haltere knob brown.

Female ( Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ). Thorax brown. Notopleuron, mesopleuron, scutum and scutellum: same as a male. Abdominal tergites 1-6 brown (slightly darker than the male's). Ovipositor as Figs 3 D View Figure 3 . Legs brownish yellow. Femur, tibia and tarsus: same as a male. The average length (n=4) of the wing is 1,238 mm. Costal Index 0,356. Costal ratios 3,942:1,661:1. Costal cilia 0,0269 mm long. Axillary bristle 0,0431 mm long.

Differential diagnosis. In the key of Gadau & Disney (1996) it runs to M. schmitzi (Menozzi) , but the epandrium has more hairs and likewise the anal tube. It differs from the not described species of Menozziola from Turkey by a much smaller wing size, a larger costal index, smaller costal cilia and a different costal ratio.

Etymology. The species is named after the Greek name of the Don River (Τάναϊς), in the floodplain of which the type material was obtained.