Tomosvaryella pilosiventris ( Becker, 1900 )

Motamedinia, Behnam, Skevington, Jeffrey H. & Kelso, Scott, 2021, Revision of Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) in the Middle East, with description of 19 new species, Zootaxa 5002 (1), pp. 1-103 : 57-59

Tomosvaryella pilosiventris ( Becker, 1900)

Figs 27B , 31A–E , 47E, 61

Tomosvaryella glabrum ( Adams, 1905) .—syn. Kehlmaier et al. (2019): p. 54.

Tomosvaryella tecta De Meyer, 1993 .—syn. De Meyer et al. (2000): p. 148.

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the asymmetrical and irregular-shaped surstyli in dorsal view ( Fig.

31A); epandrium wider than long in dorsal view ( Fig. 31A ); phallus trifid ( Fig. 31D–E ). The surstyli shape is similar to T. subvirescens ( Loew, 1872) . It differs from this species by the shape of left surstylus in dorsal view, wrinkled and wavy-shaped ( Fig. 31A ) and triangular-shaped projections on the hind trochanter (Fig. 47E).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Kermanshah: Ghazanchi , 34°26’N, 47°00’E, 1304 m a.s.l., 1.vii.2015, M. Zardouei, Malaise trap, JSS51953 (1♂, CNC) ; North Khorasan: Ghazi , 37°29’N, 56°44’E, 1200 m a.s.l., 21.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, sweep net, JSS51961 (1♀, CNC) ; Sistan & Baluchestan: Iranshahr , 27°24’N, 60°50’E, 769 m a.s.l., 2–12.v.2016, M. Ghaforimoghadam, Malaise trap, JSS52165 (1♀, CNC) ; Zabol , 31°07’N, 61°28’E, 481 m a.s.l., 6.vi.2016, H. Derafshan, sweep net, JSS51875‒6 (2♀, CNC) ; South Khorasan: Mohammadieh , 32°52’N, 59°01’E, 1419 m a.s.l., 3–17.vii.2016, B. Motamedinia, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51975 (1♀, CNC) ; Salmanefar- si, 32°30’N, 59°13’E, 2.vi.2016, B. Motamedinia, sweep net, JSS52028 (1♂, CNC) ; ISRAEL: Hof Rotem She- zaf, 32°46’N, 35°38’E, - 200m, 21.iii.2010, A. Freidberg, Malaise trap, JSS52064‒5 (2♂, TAU) ; Kinneret, Zee- lon, Beach , 32°50’N, 35°39’E, - 190 m a.s.l., 28.vi.2011, A. Freidberg, JSS51737‒9 (3♂, TAU) ; Park haYarden, 32°50’N, 35°39’E, - 192 m a.s.l., 28.vi.2011, L. Bodner, JSS43963 (1♀, TAU) ; RT. 90, nr. En Admon , 31°01’N, 35°22’E, 11.iv.1994, A. Freidberg & F. Kaplan, JSS51748‒9 (2♂, TAU) ; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Bithnah , 25°06’N, 56°08’E, 16.xi–26.xii.2006, A. van Harten, Malaise trap, JSS52242 (1♂, CNC) ; 19.x–16.xi.2006, A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNCD11525 (1♂, CNC) ; 4.vii–12.viii.2006, A. van Harten, CNCD159940 (1♂, CNC) ; Wadi Maidaq , 25°11’N, 56°04’E, 26.xii.2006 – 20.ii.2007, A. van Harten, Malaise trap, JSS52252 (1♂, CNC) ; 27.vi– 29.vii.2006, A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNCD159304 (1♂, CNC) ; Wadi Safad , 25°07’N, 56°11’E, 26.xii.2005 – 2.i.2006, A. van Harten, yellow & white pan traps, CNCD8965 , CNCD8971 (2♂, CNC) ; Wadi Shawkah , 25°04’N, 56°01’E, 18.iii.2007, F. Menzel & A. Stark, sweep net, JSS52246 (1♂, EAD) ; Wadi Shawwkah , 25°04’N, 56°01’E, 31.x–27.xi.2006, A. van Harten, pan trap, CNCD159615 (1♂, CNC) ; Wadi Wurayah farm, 25°14’N, 56°11’E, 19.iv–19.v.2009, A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNCD137547 (1♀, CNC) ; near ad-Dhaid, 25°13’N, 55°35’E, 16– 19.iii.2007, J. Btelka, pan trap, CNCD159474 (1♂, USNM) .

Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, Spain (Canary Islands), Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, West Bank, Zimbabwe ( Kehlmaier et al. 2019; Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 61 ).

Notes: DNA barcodes of T. pilosiventris overlap with T. subvirescens (0.3–1.9% pairwise divergence). Despite this, the genitalia of these species are rather different. This is thus likely a case of recently diverged species, as seen in many other taxa (e.g. Skevington et al. 2007, Young et al. 2016, Motamedinia et al. 2020). There is always a possibility that it is a single species with polymorphic genitalia, so future genetic work may shed light on this issue.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Ovipositors in lateral view A) Tomosvaryella ampliasa sp. nov., paratype (JSS43959, TAU), B) Tomosvaryella pilosiventris (JSS51961, CNC), C) Tomosvaryella pruinosa (CNC470591, CNC), D) Tomosvaryella spinula sp. nov., paratype (JSS51820, CNC), E) Tomosvaryella emaratensis sp. nov., paratype (CNCD137556, CNC), F) Tomosvaryella parakuthyi (CNC470514, CNC), G) Tomosvaryella oshidae sp. nov., paratype (JSS51976, CNC), H) Tomosvaryella soziana sp. nov., paratype (JSS52205, CNC), I) Tomosvaryella nodosa (CNC470648, CNC), J) T. hamounensis sp. nov., paratype (JSS52178, CNC).

FIGURE 31. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella pilosiventris (JSS52065, TAU) A) dorsal view, B) ventral view, C) ejaculatory apodeme, D, E) lateral view.

FIGURE 61. Distribution of Tomosvaryella pilosiventris, T. susa sp. nov. in the Middle East.