Tomosvaryella nodosa De Meyer, 1995

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 : 49-51

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

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scientific name

Tomosvaryella nodosa De Meyer, 1995
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Tomosvaryella nodosa De Meyer, 1995 View in CoL

Figs 26A–D View FIGURE 26 , 27I View FIGURE 27 , 47C, 59

Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by a small projection in hind trochanter (Fig. 47C); epandrium wider than long in dorsal view ( Fig. 26A View FIGURE 26 ); syntergosternite 8 slightly rounded in dorsal view ( Fig. 26A View FIGURE 26 ); ejaculatory ducts coiled ( Fig. 26C–D View FIGURE 26 ); gonopods equal in height ( Fig. 26B View FIGURE 26 ); hypandrium slightly rounded, wider than gonopods in ventral view ( Fig. 26B View FIGURE 26 ). Based on the shape of surstyli in dorsal and lateral view, this species resembles T. pruinosa Kozánek, 1992 . Tomosvaryella pruinosa lacks the small projection in hind trochanter. In addition, there is a gap between the surstyli and cerci of T. nodosa in lateral view ( Fig. 26C–D View FIGURE 26 ). Meanwhile, It is similar to T. hamounensis sp. nov. See the diagnosis notes under T. hamounensis sp. nov. for more details.

Specimens examined: IRAN: South Khorasan: Gholonabad , 33°10’N, 59°22’E, 1914 m a.s.l., 11.v.2015, B. Motamedinia, Malaise trap, JSS51962 (1♂, CNC) GoogleMaps ; ISRAEL: Arava Valley, 0.2 km N. Hazeva Field School , small wadi, 30°46’N, 35°14’E, - 116 m a.s.l., 30.iii.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS52061 (1♂, TAU); Arava Valley, Iddan , wadi running east of date palm orchard, 30°48’N, 35°16’E, - 110 m a.s.l., 16.iv.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS52052 (1♂, TAU); 17.iii.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap , JSS52054 (1♂, TAU); 24.iii.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap , JSS51699 (1♂, TAU); 31.iii.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap , JSS52053 (1♂, TAU); Arava Valley, Moshaav Hazeva, Wadi Shahak between agricultural fields, 30°46’N, 35°16’E, - 110 m a.s.l., 12.iii.1995, E. Irwin, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS51622 (1♂, TAU); 15.iii.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap , JSS52060 (1♂, TAU); 19.iii.1995, M. E Irwin, Malaise trap , JSS51730 (1♂, TAU); Arava Valley, Shizaf Nature Reserve, Hazeva , north of water treatment plant low sandy hummocks in small wadi, 30°46’N, 35°15’E, - 80 m a.s.l., 16.iv.1995, M. E. Irwin GoogleMaps , JSS51698 (1♂, TAU); Arava Valley , small wadi, 2.4 km W. of hwy. 90 at km. 149, 30°42’N, 35°11’E, - 60 m a.s.l., 16.iv.1995, M. E. Irwin, hand net GoogleMaps , JSS52058 (1♂, TAU); Arava Valley, Iddan Springs , in damp seep, east of spring, 30°49’N, 35°16’E, - 116 m a.s.l., 21.iii.1995, M. E. Irwin GoogleMaps , JSS51811 (1♂, TAU); 31.iii.1995, M. E. Irwin , JSS51812 (1♂, TAU); Haze- va Field School , 30°43’N, 35°15’E, 2.xi.1997, S. Plotkin, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS52096 (1♂, TAU); Nahal Eshharim , 30°28’N, 34°35’E, 790 m a.s.l., 2.v.1995, I. Yarom, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS51790 (1♂, TAU); Nahal Mishmar , 31°24’N, 35°20’E, 11.iv.1994, A. Freidberg & F. Kaplan GoogleMaps , JSS51746 (1♂, TAU); B. S. Hazeva, 13.iii.1998, S. Alfi , JSS51771 (1♂, TAU); Sniai Ofira , 27°52’N, 34°17’E, 22.iii.1981,A. Freidberg GoogleMaps , JSS51721 (1♂, TAU); Taba , 29°30’N, 34°53’E, 14.v.2010,A. Freidberg GoogleMaps , JSS51764 (1♂, TAU); Zin Wilderness Nakhal Zin at En Akrabim cane-covered sandy wadi, 30°53’N, 35°09’E, - 61 m a.s.l., 7.iv.1995, M. E. Irwin, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS51700 (1♂, TAU); UNITED ARAB EMIR- ATES : Abu Dhabi: Al Wathba Wetland Reserve, 24°15’N, 54°37’E, i.2015, A. Saji & A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNC470786 View Materials , CNC470791 View Materials , CNC470801 View Materials (3♂, CNC); ii.2015, A. Saji & A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNC470524 View Materials , CNC470585 View Materials , CNC470508 View Materials , CNC470473 View Materials , CNC470465 View Materials , CNC470545 View Materials , CNC470448–9 View Materials CNC470498 View Materials (4♂, 5♀, CNC); iii.2015, A. Saji & A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNC470669 View Materials , CNC470688 View Materials , CNC470648 View Materials (2♂, 1♀, CNC); ix.2013, A. Saji & A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNC470711–2 View Materials (2♂, CNC); al-Ajban, 24°22’N, 55°01’E, 5–12.vi.2006, A. van Harten, Malaise trap, CNCD159561 (1♂, USNM); Al Bida’a Protected Area , 23°36’N, 53°58’E, 29.x.2018, A. Saji & A. van Harten, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS52291–4 (4♂, CNC); Barqa Al Suqoor Protected Area , 23°60’N, 52°41’E, 29.iii.2018, A. Saji & A. van Harten, Malaise trap GoogleMaps , JSS52280–1 (1♂, 1♀, CNC); 29.x.2018,A. Saji & A. van Harten, Malaise trap , JSS52283 (1♂, USNM); Wadi Shawkah , 25°04’N, 56°01’E, 5–12.v.2007, A. van Harten, pan trap GoogleMaps , JSS52125 (1♂, EAD) .

Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Israel, United Arab Emirates ( Skevington 2020) ( Fig. 59 View FIGURE 59 ).

Note: Based on DNA barcodes, T. nodosa is similar to T. pruinosa , differing by 4.2%. (pairwise divergence) (Supplementary Table 1).

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

TAU

Tel-Aviv University

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Pipunculidae

Genus

Tomosvaryella

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