Claraeola khorshidae Motamedinia & Kehlmaier, 2017

Motamedinia, Behnam, Skevington, Jeffrey H. & Kelso, Scott, 2019, Revision of Claraeola (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East based on morphology and DNA barcodes, ZooKeys 873, pp. 85-111 : 85

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.873.36645

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1D706422-6B99-45E2-AC03-BB350C4676B4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7019563

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/06DB087A-E956-5D39-91A7-EBE060EE9C6B

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scientific name

Claraeola khorshidae Motamedinia & Kehlmaier, 2017
status

 

Claraeola khorshidae Motamedinia & Kehlmaier, 2017 Fig. 11 View Figure 11

Examined material.

Holotype. IRAN • ♂; Southern Khorasan province, Mohammadieh; 32°52'N, 59°01'E; 1419 m; 26 Apr. 2015; Malaise trap; B. Motamedinia leg.; ENA: LT626248; HMIM. Paratypes. IRAN • 2♂♂; same data as holotype; 23 Aug. 2015; HMIM • 1♀; same data as holotype; 15 Apr. 2015; SMTD; ENA: LT626248 • 2♀♀; same data as holotype; 14 Jul. 2016; HMIM.

Diagnosis.

This species can be recognized by distinctly large gonopods, strong bent surstyli in lateral view, and long teeth on three ejaculatory ducts ( Fig. 11 A–G View Figure 11 ).

Distribution.

Iran ( Motamedinia et al. 2017b).

Remarks.

This species was described by Motamedinia and Kehlmaier (2017) from the east of Iran.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Pipunculidae

Genus

Claraeola