Tomosvaryella demeyeri Kuznetzov

Majnon-Jahromi, Bahareh, Gheibi, Mehdi, Fallahzadeh, Majid, Kehlmaier, Christian & Hesami, Shahram, 2017, Pipunculidae (Diptera) from southern Iran, including two new species of the genus Tomosvaryella Aczél, Zootaxa 4273 (4), pp. 488-500 : 495

Tomosvaryella demeyeri Kuznetzov

Figs 9, 12

Examined material. 1♂ 2♀ (1♀, DNA CK840, LT671762 ), loc. 4, 18–28.vi.2015 (1♀ SMTD; 1♂ 1♀ SHIAU); 1♂ 2♀ (1♀, DNA CK837, LT671761 ; 1♀, DNA CK857, LT671763 ), loc. 7, 6–16.v.2013 (SMTD).

Remarks. This species was originally described from Egypt and hitherto only recorded from Alborz province (Kehlmaier & Majnon-Jahromi 2015). The females were associated to males via DNA barcodes. Females of T. demeyeri can be separated from other species by the following characters: flagellum dark brown with yellowish apex; wing length 2.1–2.2 mm; third costal section half the length of fourth costal section; cross-vein r-m reaching cell dm in its middle; leg dark brown except for the yellow femoral-tibial joint and basal tarsal segments of tawny brown coloration; fore femur with 1–2 basal spines ventrally and mid femur with 0–1; tergite 9 dark yellow, weakly curved, in lateral view, and in dorsal view with conspicuous lateral flanges ( Fig. 12 ). Similar flanges to those of T. demeyeri have been illustrated for T. flexa Kuznetzov and T. sigillata Kuznetzov , both described from female singletons collected in Mongolia (Kuznetzov 1994).

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 14. Female ovipositors. 9 & 12: Tomosvaryella demeyeri (CK 857). 10 & 13: Tomosvaryella nodosa (CK 836). 11 & 14: Tomosvaryella urdaensis (CK 853). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.