Rossimyiops exquisitus (Richter) Richter, 2009

Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Biase, Alessio De & Freidberg, Amnon, 2009, Systematic study of the genus Rossimyiops Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 1984, pp. 31-56 : 44

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185371

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6216053

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Rossimyiops exquisitus (Richter)
status

comb. nov.

Rossimyiops exquisitus (Richter) comb. nov.

( Figs. 20–22 View FIGURES 17 – 22 )

Persedea exquisita Richter, 2001: 28 View in CoL . Type locality: Tehran ( Iran).

Mesnilomyia rufipes Zeegers 2007: 411 View in CoL . Type locality: 12km NW of Manakhah ( Yemen). Syn. nov.

Type material examined. Holotype Ψ of Persedea exquisita Richter : Turkey [in error for Iran] / Teheran / iv.1979 / ex Embioptera / culture // Holotypus Persedea / exquisita / Richter [ BMNH]. Paratypes of Mesnilomyia rufipes Zeegers : 3 ΨΨ, YEMEN, 12km NW of Manakhah, 05.V-17.VI.2002, A. v. Harten, mal.trap [ SMNS, TZC].

Diagnosis. Female. Body length: 2.5–4.5 mm. Palpus, thorax (including scutellum) and femora yellow. Ventral facial margin not protruding and hardly visible in profile. Vertex 0.60–0.84 times as wide as compound eye in dorsal view. Parafacial at its narrowest point at most 0.5 times as wide as postpedicel (measured at mid length) (about 2 times as wide as maximum diameter of arista) ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 17 – 22 ). Scutellum with 3 pairs of marginal setae ( Figs. 21, 22 View FIGURES 17 – 22 ). Ventral seta of mid tibia longer than maximum diameter of mid tibia. Wing membrane hyaline; cell r4+5 long-petiolate ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 17 – 22 ); base of R4+5 bare. Abdomen at least anteroventrally yellow (syntergite 1+2 and 3); tergites 4 and 5 usually black dorsally, rarely also ventrally. Male Unknown.

Description. Female: see original descriptions: Richter (2001); Zeegers (2007).

Hosts. Unidentified Embioptera ( Richter 2001) .

Distribution. Iran, Yemen ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Remarks. Based on the original description and examination of the three paratypes of Mesnilomyia rufipes available to us, we have observed individual variation in body length, morphometric ratios of the head and in the colouring of the abdomen; the holotype of P. exquisita falls well within this range. We conclude that no sound morphological evidence exists to separate the two nominal species and thus, M. rufipes is considered a junior synonym of P. exquisita .

SMNS

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tachinidae

Genus

Rossimyiops

Loc

Rossimyiops exquisitus (Richter)

Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Biase, Alessio De & Freidberg, Amnon 2009
2009
Loc

Mesnilomyia rufipes

Zeegers 2007: 411
2007
Loc

Persedea exquisita

Richter 2001: 28
2001
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