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