Tomosvaryella gazliensis 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 : 31-32

Tomosvaryella gazliensis Kuznetzov, 1994

Figs 15A‒D , 51

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the shape of surstyli in lateral view, rounded apically, with a distinct posteroventral projection before its apex ( Fig. 15B‒C ); epandrium wider than long in dorsal view ( Fig. 15A ); gono- pods equally in height in ventral view ( Fig. 15D ); subepandrial sclerite small, basically wide in ventral view ( Fig. 15D ). Based on the shape of genitalia, this species resembles T. urdaensis Kuznetzov, 1994 . It differs by the shape of surstyli in dorsal view. Base of surstyli in T. urdaensis is broader and more angulated ( Majnon-Jahromi et al. 2017b: fig. 19).

Specimens examined: IRAN: Sistan & Baluchestan: Saravan , 27°25’N, 62°17’E, 8.xi.2016, F. Hamzavi, pan trap, JSS51918 (1♂, CNC) .

Distribution: Iran, Uzbekistan ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 51 ).

Note: Tomosvaryella gazliensis and T. urdaensis Kuznetzov, 1994 , share identical COI barcode (0.0% pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1). In addition, the terminalia of these species are rather similar so future work is required to clarify if they are a single species with polymorphic genitalia or different species.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Male genitalia of Tomosvaryella gazliensis (JSS51918, CNC) A) dorsal view, B, C) lateral view, D) ventral view.

FIGURE 51. Distribution of Tomosvaryella bistounensis sp. nov., T. emaratensis sp. nov., T. frontata, T. gazliensis, T. hamata, T. hamounensis sp. nov. in the Middle East.