Aphaniosoma platystylus Ebejer, 2008

Ebejer, Martin J., 2023, The genus Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903 (Diptera: Chyromyidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, with descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 872, pp. 1-161 : 125

Aphaniosoma platystylus Ebejer, 2008

Fig. 71

Material examined

Paratypes

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 1 ♂; 7km south of Al-Jazirat al-Hamra ; 29 Dec. 2004; A. van Harten leg.; white water trap; MJE • 1 ♂; Sharjah Desert Park ; 20 Oct.–24 Nov. 2007; A. van Harten leg.; light trap; MJE .

Remarks

For similar species see note under A. impudens , above. The habitus ( Fig. 71A ) and the appearance of the hypopygium in situ ( Fig. 71B ) are illustrated here and the characteristic sternite 6 with line drawing of the hypopygium were previously illustrated ( Ebejer 2008: 689, figs 15–16).

Distribution

United Arab Emirates ( Ebejer 1996).

Figures

Fig. 71. Aphaniosoma platystylus Ebejer, 2008, ♂, paratype (MJE). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Hypopygium in situ, posterior view.