Tomosvaryella teligera Kuznetzov, 1994

Motamedinia, Behnam, Skevington, Jeffrey H. & Kelso, Scott, 2021, Revision of Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) in the Middle East, with description of 19 new species, Zootaxa 5002 (1), pp. 1-103 : 73-75

Tomosvaryella teligera Kuznetzov, 1994

Figs 41A‒E , 48C , 64

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the distinct frontal prominence ( Fig. 48C ); shape of surstyli in dorsal view, both broadened in basal half, moderately narrowed to apical half, curved to each other at apex; left surstylus slightly longer than right one ( Fig. 41A ), gonopods slightly equal in height, right with rounded projection towards phallic guide ( Fig. 41B ).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Kermanshah: Dodan , 35°00’N, 46°12’E, 1011 m a.s.l., Garden, 5.vii.2016 , M.

Zardouei, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51938 (1♂, CNC); Sarpolezahab, 34°28’N, 45°49’E, 456 m a.s.l., 14.v.2015 , M.

Zardouei, Malaise trap, JSS51936‒7 (2♂, CNC). Distribution: Iran, Kazakhstan ( Kuznetzov 1994; Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 64 ). Note: Based on DNA barcoding, this species is genetically similar to T. ellipiensis sp. nov., differing by 5.7%

(pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

Figures

FIGURE 41. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella teligera (JSS51936, CNC) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.

FIGURE 48. Compound eye of Tomosvaryella species in lateral view A) T. debruyni (JSS51736, TAU), B) T. unicorna sp. nov., holotype (JSS51821, CNC), C) T. teligera (JSS51938, CNC).

FIGURE 64. Distribution of Tomosvaryella subvirescens, T. teligera, T. transvaalensis, T. vicina in the Middle East.