Tomosvaryella teligera Kuznetzov, 1994

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 : 73-75

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5002.1.1

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A887D0-5F0A-FFC3-FF3E-EC33FD024E54

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scientific name

Tomosvaryella teligera Kuznetzov, 1994
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Tomosvaryella teligera Kuznetzov, 1994 View in CoL

Figs 41A‒E View FIGURE 41 , 48C View FIGURE 48 , 64 View FIGURE 64

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the distinct frontal prominence ( Fig. 48C View FIGURE 48 ); shape of surstyli in dorsal view, both broadened in basal half, moderately narrowed to apical half, curved to each other at apex; left surstylus slightly longer than right one ( Fig. 41A View FIGURE 41 ), gonopods slightly equal in height, right with rounded projection towards phallic guide ( Fig. 41B View FIGURE 41 ).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Kermanshah: Dodan , 35°00’N, 46°12’E, 1011 m a.s.l., Garden, 5.vii.2016 GoogleMaps , M.

Zardouei, funnel Malaise trap, JSS51938 (1♂, CNC); Sarpolezahab, 34°28’N, 45°49’E, 456 m a.s.l., 14.v.2015 GoogleMaps , M.

Zardouei, Malaise trap, JSS51936‒7 (2♂, CNC). Distribution: Iran, Kazakhstan ( Kuznetzov 1994; Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 64 View FIGURE 64 ). Note: Based on DNA barcoding, this species is genetically similar to T. ellipiensis sp. nov., differing by 5.7%

(pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Pipunculidae

Genus

Tomosvaryella

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