Rossimyiops longicornis (Kugler) Kugler, 2009

Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Biase, Alessio De & Freidberg, Amnon, 2009, Systematic study of the genus Rossimyiops Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae), Zootaxa 1984, pp. 31-56 : 44-47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185371
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6216055
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scientific name	Rossimyiops longicornis (Kugler)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Rossimyiops longicornis (Kugler) View in CoL comb. nov.

( Figs. 23–27 View FIGURES 23 – 27 )

Mesnilomyia longicornis Kugler, 1972: 108 View in CoL . Type locality: Zefat ( Israel).

Type material examined. Holotype ɗ: Zefat / Israel / 11.x.1969 / leg. Kugler // Mesnilomyia ɗ / longicornis Kugler // 312 // HOLOTYPUS [ TAU]. Paratypes: ISRAEL – 1 ɗ, Hanita, 30.x.1971, J. Kugler; Zefat: 1 Ψ, 11.x.1969, 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, 14.ix.1971, J. Kugler; Yoqne'am: 2 ɗɗ, 5.x.1969, 1 Ψ, 15.x.1969, J. Kugler [all TAU].

Other material examined. BULGARIA – 1 ɗ 1 Ψ, Irakli, steppe nr. seashore, 42.47N 27.54E, 16.vii.1987, Barták [ SMNS]; 2 ΨΨ, Sv. Vlas. near Nesebar, 20m, 1-31.viii.1998, Malaise trap., C. v. Achterberg, R. de Vries, P. V. Atanassova [ SMNS]. GREECE – 1 Ψ, Zakinthos Is., Skopos-Berg [= Mount Skopos] 5km SE, Zakinthos, Macchie [= maquis] 200m, 16.v.1996, G. Miksch [ SMNS]. ISRAEL – 1 Ψ, 'Afula, 19.iv.1976, A. Freidberg [ TAU]; 1 ɗ SH1 259 [whitout locality] [ TAU]; 2 ɗɗ, Nahal 'Ammud, 1.ix.1973, A. Freidberg [ TAU].

Diagnosis. Body length: 3–5 mm. Face flat, ventral facial margin not visible in lateral view ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 23 – 27 ). Prementum about 2–3 times as long as its diameter. Palpus at most 0.66 times as long as postpedicel. Scutellum with 2 pairs of marginal setae. Presutural area of scutum with three wide longitudinal dark vittae (lateral pair, about as wide as medial vitta, reaching the transverse suture posteriorly). Mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal seta. Section of M between r-m and dm-cu usually shorter than section between dm-cu and bend of M ( Figs. 25, 26 View FIGURES 23 – 27 ). Petiole of r4+5 more than half as long (up to as long) as post-angular portion of M ( Figs. 25, 26 View FIGURES 23 – 27 ). Male: postpedicel 2.46–2.90 times as long as pedicel; wing membrane hyaline ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 23 – 27 ); ventral and dorsal calypteres white; surstylus long and narrow, distal 0.25–0.33 clearly bent posteriorly ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 23 – 27 ); cerci, in lateral view, more or less straight and not hook-like distally ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 23 – 27 ). Female: postpedicel 2.7–3.1 times as long as pedicel; wing pattern as in Fig. 26 View FIGURES 23 – 27 ; posterior extensions of labella well developed; ventral calypter varied from brownish with a slightly darker rim to evenly dark brown.

Description. See original description ( Kugler 1972).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Greece (Zakynthos, Crete, North Aegean Islands), E Bulgaria, Israel, Transcaucasia ( Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) ( Richter 1995)( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Remarks. Females from Europe differ from female paratypes from Israel in having a wider parafacial (about as wide as postpedicel); while no specimens from Transcaucasia were examined. Because this is the only sound morphological character separating these two forms, and because no male specimens from Europe were available, we have chosen not to describe the European form as a new species.

Rossimyiops magnificus (Kugler) comb. nov. ( Figs. 28–31 View FIGURES 28 – 31 )

Mesnilomyia magnifica Kugler, 1972: 105 View in CoL . Type locality: 'Arad ( Israel).

Type material examined. Holotype ɗ: 'Arad / Israel / 19.VII.1971 / leg. Kugler // Mesnilomyia ɗ / magnifica Kugler / HOLOTYPUS [ TAU]. Allotype: same data as holotype [ TAU]. Paratypes: ISRAEL – 'Arad: 6 ɗɗ 3 ΨΨ, 30.vi.1970, 1 ɗ, 6.vii.1970, J. Kugler; 1 Ψ, Ramon, 4.viii.1970, J. Kugler; 1 ɗ 1 Ψ, Elat, 25.iii.1970, J. Kugler [all TAU]. IRAQ – 1 Ψ, R. Tigris Dawrh., v-vi.1920, A. D.?Brair [ TAU].

Other material examined. ISRAEL – 1 ɗ, Avenat, Rt. 90, 31°41'N 35°26'E, 23.v.2005, L. Friedman; 1 Ψ, 'En Gedi, 25.iii.1964, J. Margalit; 1 Ψ, Nahal Ze`elim, 24.iv.1975, J. Kugler; 1 Ψ, Shezaf N.R. 30°44.92'N 35°16.07'E, 5.xi.1999, I. Yarom, N. Zeevi, Malaise trap; 2 ɗɗ, Ha'Meshar, 9.iii.1977, A. Freidberg; 1 Ψ, 'En Yahav, 11.iv.1992, A. Freidberg; 1 ɗ, 'Ammude 'Amram, 26.iv.1974, A. Freidberg; 1 ɗ, Nahal Shelomo, 13.iv.1992, A. Freidberg [all TAU]. EGYPT [Sinai] – 1 Ψ, Wadi Nazeb, 8.iv.1973, A. Freidberg; 1 ɗ, Wadi Sa'al, 24.ix.1977, D. Simon; 1 ɗ, Tarfat-el-Kadarin, 9.iv.1973, A. Freidberg; 2 ɗɗ, Nueiba', 20km S, 12.iv.1992, A. Freidberg [all TAU].

Diagnosis. Body length: 4.5–6.0 mm. Ventral facial margin visible in lateral view, anterior to vibrissal angle ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 28 – 31 ). Prementum about 4–5 times as long as its diameter. Presutural area of scutum (as well as postsutural area) with three wide longitudinal dark vittae (lateral pair about as wide as medial vitta, reaching the transverse suture posteriorly). Scutellum with 2 pairs of marginal setae. Petiole of r4+5 0.33–0.50 (rarely more) times as long as post-angular portion of M. Base of R4+5 bare. Male: wing membrane entirely hyaline ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 28 – 31 ); postpedicel 1.74–1.88 times as long as pedicel; terminalia as in R. achilleae . Female: vertex at least 0.68 times as wide as compound eye in dorsal view; postpedicel 1.68–1.88 times as long as pedicel; parafacial, in lateral view, 0.75–1.00 times as wide as postpedicel ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 28 – 31 ); fronto-orbital plate entirely and evenly covered with microtrichia ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 28 – 31 ); halter from yellow to dark brown; wing membrane not hyaline, mainly brownish with a milky posterior edge (as in Fig. 7 View FIGURES 2 – 7 ); coxae varied from light brown, to red to yellowish; abdomen shiny black or with basal bands of reflecting microtrichia on tergites 4 and 5 ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 28 – 31 ).