Pipunculus geniculatus Meigen, 1824 Földvári & De Meyer (1999) : p. 331 Revision of Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) in the Middle East, with description of 19 new species Motamedinia, Behnam Skevington, Jeffrey H. Kelso, Scott Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-16 5002 1 1 103 57DY3 (Meigen, 1824) Meigen 1824 [151,653,1477,1504] Insecta Pipunculidae Tomosvaryella Animalia Diptera 31 32 Arthropoda species geniculata   Figs 16A‒E, 53     Pipunculus geniculatus Meigen, 1824.—syn.  Földvári & De Meyer (1999): p. 331.   Diagnosis:This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli in dorsal view, both surstyli slightly rectangular shaped, broader at the base and tips ( Fig. 16A), tip of both surstyli flattened apically in lateral view ( Fig. 16D–E); epandrium wider than long ( Fig. 16A); phallus trifid, one of ejaculatory ducts bearing some small spines in lateral view ( Fig. 16E); gonopods equal in height ( Fig. 16B).  Specimens examined:  IRAN: Kermanshah: Ghazanchi, 34°26’N, 47°00’E,  1304 ma.s.l.,  20.vi.2016, M. Zardouei, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51824 ( 1♂, CNC);  Harsin, 34°19’N, 47°26’E,  1324 ma.s.l.,  22.vii.2016, M. Zardouei, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51944 ( 1♂, CNC);  Sarpolezahab, 34°28’N, 45°49’E,  456 ma.s.l.,  14.v.2016, M. Zardouei, Malaise trap, JSS52230 ( 1♀, CNC);  South Khorasan: Ark, 33°01’N, 58°41’E,  1605 ma.s.l.,  30.v–12.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS51997–8 ( 1♂, 1♀, USNM);  Ghiok, 32°47’N, 59°07’E,  1917 ma.s.l.,  9.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, sweep net, JSS52001 ( 1♂, CNC);  Jafarieh, 32°48’N, 59°14’E,  1760 ma.s.l.,  21.iv–5.v.2016, B. Mo- tamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS52007 ( 1♀, CNC);  Mohammadieh, 32°52’N, 59°01’E,  1419 ma.s.l.,  14–30.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, funnel Malaise trap, JSS52051 ( 1♂, CNC);   3–17.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap; funnel Malaise trap, JSS52041–2, JSS52045–6, JSS52048, JSS51966–7, JSS51968–72 ( 11♂, 1♀, CNC);   5–23.ix.2016, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS52025 ( 1♂, CNC);  ISRAEL: Nahal Eshharim, 30°28’N, 34°35’E,  790 ma.s.l.,  2.v.1995, I. Yarom, Malaise trap, JSS51791 ( 1♂, TAU).   Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran Israel, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 53).  Note:This species is genetically most similar to  T. emaratensis  sp. nov., differing by 9.7% (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1). JSS51824 2016-06-20 CNC M. Zardouei Iran 1304 34.433334 Ghazanchi 1199 47.0 31 32 1 1 Kermanshah JSS51944 2016-07-22 CNC M. Zardouei Iran 1324 34.316666 Harsin 1200 47.433334 31 32 1 1 JSS52230 2016-05-14 CNC M. Zardouei Iran 456 34.466667 Sarpolezahab 1199 45.816666 31 32 1 1 JSS51997 2016-05-30 2016-06-12 2016-05-30 USNM B. Motamedinia Iran 1605 33.016666 Ark 1207 58.683334 31 32 2 1 1 Khorasan-e Jonubi JSS52001 2016-06-09 CNC B. Motamedinia Iran 1917 32.783333 Ghiok 1209 59.116665 31 32 1 1 JSS52007 2016-04-21 2016-05-05 2016-04-21 CNC Iran 1760 32.8 Jafarieh 1209 59.233334 31 32 1 1 JSS52051 2016-07-14 2016-07-30 2016-07-14 CNC B. Motamedinia Iran 1419 32 33 32.866665 Mohammadieh 1208 59.016666 31 32 1 1 JSS52041, JSS52045, JSS52048, JSS51966, JSS51968 2016-07-03 2016-07-17 2016-07-03 CNC Motamedinia Iran 32 33 12 1 11 JSS52025 2016-09-05 2016-09-23 2016-09-05 CNC Motamedinia Iran 32 33 1 1 JSS51791 1995-05-02 TAU I. Yarom Israel 790 30.466667 Nahal Eshharim 1221 34.583332 32 33 1 1