Revision of Australian Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) with description of 100 new species Motamedinia, Behnam Földvari, Mihaly Skevington, Jeffrey H. Kelso, Scott Zootaxa 2023 2025-03-05 5599 1 1 271 Motamedinia, Skevington & Foldvari Motamedinia, Skevington & Foldvari 2023 [151,872,151,178] Insecta Pipunculidae Tomosvaryella Animalia Diptera 131 132 Arthropoda species luma sp. nov.   Figs 59A–E, 130, 157A   Diagnosis:This species can be recognized by the hind trochanter having 2–3 short bristles ventrobasally; elongated surstyli in dorsal view ( Fig. 59A); widened gonopods with inwards extended edge on inner margin in ventral view ( Fig. 59B); phallic guide long without spines; one of the ejaculatory ducts with a distinct and long downwards spine in lateral view ( Fig. 59D–E).   Description: MALE:Body length: 2.2–2.5 mm. Head. Scape, pedicel and arista dark brown. Pedicel with 2–3 upper bristles; flagellum brown, gray pollinose and tapering. Face silvery pollinose. Frons distinctly silver pollinose; eyes touching for distance equal the length of ocellar triangle. Occiput grey pollinose, covered by short dark bristles. Thorax. Postpronotum light yellow, with 2–4 brown bristles in upper margin. Mesonotum (viewed obliquely from front) silvery-brown pollinose, anterior part greyer; scutum with scattered dark bristles at anterior supra-alar area, extended to posterior and uniseriate rows of intra-alar bristles. Postalar callus dark brown with 2–3 short dark bristles in the middle. Scutellum silvery pollinose and with a few (6–8) short dark bristles along the distal edge. Halter, knob pale, stem light brown, base dark. Legs. Mid coxa with 3–4 dark bristles, 1–2 bristles longer than others. Coxae, trochanters, femora dark, hind femur shining ventrally, knees and basal 1/4 of tibiae yellow (tibiae otherwise dark brown), tarsomeres light brown ventrally and dark dorsally. Hind trochanter silvery pollinose, with 2–3 short bristles ventrobasally; two ventrobasal spines present on fore and absent on mid femur. Hind femur with two rows ventroapical spines. Hind tibia with two rows of short black bristle on anterior and posterior side. Hind tarsomeres not flattened, covered by short dark bristles dorsally and brown bristles ventrally, last hind tarsomere not rounded as long as 3–4 combined; pulvilli shorter than last tarsal segment. Wing. Length: 2.2 mm. Upper side of basal costal cell with one dark brown bristle. Fourth costal section 1.5–2 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein r-m at middle of discal cell. 2–3 short light brown setulae on tegula. Abdomen. Tergites 1 silvery pollinose with 4–8 long brown bristles; tergite 2–5 covered by scattered dark bristles. Syntergosternite 8 enlarged, dark brown and grey-brown pollinose. Membranous area long and broad in middle. Genitalia. Genital capsule in dorsal view: epandrium as long as wide (MLE:MWE = 1.0). Surstyli elongated (somewhat rectangular-shaped), curved to each other at apex; left surstylus slightly longer ( Fig. 59A). Genital capsule in ventral view: both gonopods widened, right gonopod longer; both with an extended inwards edge on inner margin; subepandrial sclerite long and distinct with patch of short bristles basally ( Fig. 59B); Genital capsule in lateral view: both surstyli curved towards sternite, right surstylus widened at basal half, then narrowed, left surstylus widened in basal third, strongly narrowed, one of the ejaculatory ducts with a distinct downwards spine; phallic guide long, bent towards surstyli in apical third and pointed, without spines ( Fig. 59D–E); ejaculatory apodeme tube-like, bent, with a bulb in its middle ( Fig. 59C).  FEMALE:Body length: 2.2–2.3 mm.As male except for the following characters. Frons, eyes separated, wider in middle; completely silver-grey pollinose on lower 1/3, shiny black only around ocellar triangle, deep depression in just before ocellar triangle. Enlarged ommatidia silvery shining; Upper side of basal costal cell with one long dark and 2–3 short bristles; pulvilli and claws as long as last tarsal segment. Tergites 4–6 with two grey lateral spots of gray pollinosity. Ovipositor.Straight in ventral view, rather curved towards sternite in lateral view (piercer dark at its base and brown in apical two thirds), reaching sternite 1; base silvery brown pollinose. LP:LB = 2.5. LDP:LPP = 4.2. ( Fig. 157A).   Etymology:The specific name is derived from the Latin word ‘luma’, meaning thorn, referring to the distinct thorn on one of the ejaculatory ducts.  Examined material:   HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Karijini National Park, Juna Downs Road, 22°40’S, 118°26’E,  797m, in open mulga with flowering  Ptilotus,  25.IV–14.V.2003, C. Lambkin& T. Weir, Malaise trap, JSS16003( 1♂, WAM);   PARATYPES: AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory: Black Mountain Reserve, 35°16’S, 149°6’E,   4.I.1980, Z. Liepa, JSS9185( 1♂, ANIC); Black Mountain, 35°16’S, 149°6’E,   21.II.1980; 29. XII .1979;  30.I.1980;  5.II.1980, D.H. Colless, Malaise trap, JSS8508, JSS8518–20( 4♂, ANIC);   29.II.1968, I.F.B. Common, light trap, JSS8503( 1♂, ANIC);   2.II.1967, Z. Liepa, JSS9182( 1♂, ANIC); Canberra, Black Mountain, 35°16’S, 149°6’E,   11–19.I.1999, G. Gibson, sweep net, CNCD4468( 1♂, CNC); Black Mountain, 35°16’S, 149°6’E,   11–13.I.1980;  15.I.1980;  18.I.1980;  21–22.IV.1980;  21.II.1980;  23.I.1980;  28–30.III.1980; 29. XII.1979; 30.XII .1979;  5–6.I.1980, D.H. Colless, Malaisesite 1, JSS8678, JSS8681–3, JSS8685, JSS8689, JSS8691, JSS8693– 5( 10♂, ANIC); Black Mountain, Canberra, 35°16’S, 149°6’E,   18–23.II.1985, W.W. Middlekauff, flight interception trap, JSS8452( 1♂, CAS); Blundells Creek, 35°22’S, 148°50’E, ex undergrowth;   II.1987, D.H. Colless, sweeping; Malaise trap, JSS8627–9, JSS8632–3( 5♂, ANIC); near Condor Creek, 35°19’S, 148°50’E,   6.III.1970, R.  Lindsay, JSS8675( 1♂, ANIC);  New South Wales:  23 kmSE Tamworth, 31°13’S, 151°7’E,   26.XI.1982, D.S. Horning, Jr., JSS9147( 1♂, ANIC);  4 milesSW of Tarago, 35°7’S, 149°36’E,   20.III.1966, Z. Liepa, JSS9218( 1♂, ANIC); Culgoa National Park,  13.5kmSW Cawwell Homestead( CGN1M), 29°7’S, 146°56’E,  Callitrus, 21.XII .2009–  30.I.2010, B. Schiebaan, Malaise trap, CNC576579( 1♂, QM);  Callitris, 30.I–18.V.2010, QM  Team, B. Shiebaan& R.  Ohlsen, Malaise trap, CNC576631, CNC576635( 2♂, QM); Monga, near Braidwood, 35°33’S, 149°56’E,   13.II.1966, Z. Liepa, JSS9210( 1♂, ANIC); Yathong Nature Reservenear 8 Mile Tank, 32°38’S, 145°41’E,  205m, field of flowers:open woodland,   3–25.X.2003, C. Lambkin& N. Starick, Malaise trap, CNCD3638( 1♂, CNC); Grafton Experimental Farm, 29°40’S, 152°56’E, 1.XII .1960, M.F. Day, JSS8642( 1♂, ANIC); Pearl Beach, near Woy Woy, 33°33’S, 151°18’E, 9–11.XII .1988, M.J. Fletcher& J. A. Macdonald, Malaise trap, JSS8742( 1♂, ASCU); Yathong Nature Reservenear Triangle Tank, 32°38’S, 145°33’E,  200m, in sandy wash in low closed mallee,   3–25.X.2003, C. Lambkin& N. Starick, Malaise trap, JSS16039( 1♂, ANIC);  Queensland: Brisbane, Department of Primary Industries, Indooroopillysite, 27°30’S, 152°59’E,   II.1977, Malaise trap, JSS8936( 1♂, QDPC); Culgoa Floodplain National Park,  7kmWNW Toulby Gate( TOLB6M), 28°57’S, 146°52’E,  138m,  Callitris, 19.III–20.V .2010, C. Kelly& A. Coward, Malaise trap, CNC575021, CNC575024( 2♂, QM); Mount Coot-tha, 27°29’S, 152°57’E,  170m, hilltop,   26.IV.1998, C. Lambkin, hand collected, JSS7739–41( 3♂, QM); Bundaberg, 24°52’S, 152°21’E,   15–28.II.1972, H. Frauca, JSS8617( 1♂, ANIC); Charleville, 26°24’S, 146°14’E,   15.II.1970, A.L. Dyce, car net, JSS8624( 1♂, ANIC);  Western Australia: Charles Darwin Reserve, Wanarra Road, 29°35’S, 116°60’E, York Gums,  Acacia, flowering herbs,   19–23.IX.2009, Lambkin& Monteith, Malaise trap, CNC575172( 1♂, QM);  158 kmS Newman, 9 kmN Kumarina Road House, 24°38’S, 117°37’E,  638m, in wide sandy wash, 18–21.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS16409( 1♂, CNC); 171 km East of Marble Bar, 21°17’S, 121°14’E,  300m, dry wash with flowers, 2–15.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS15874–6( 2♂, 1♀, CNC);  47 kmS Pardoo Road House on Shay Gap Road, 20°23’S, 120°1’E,  170m, dry wash near  Spinifex, 1–14.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS15703( 1♀, CNC);  67 kmSW Pardoo Road House on Shay Gap Road, 20°28’S, 120°10’E,  177m, dry sandy ravine with flowers, 1–14.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS15663( 1♂, CNC);  70 kmS Newman on Great Northern Highway, 23°54’S, 119°45’E,  626m, small wash with  Eucalyptus, 6–18.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS15879( 1♀, CNC); Karijini National Park, Juna Downs Road, 22°40’S, 118°26’E,  797m; in open mulga with flowering  Ptilotus,   19–25.IV.2003, 25.IV–14.V.2003, C. Lambkin& T.  Weir, Malaise trap, JSS16287, JSS16289, JSS16308( 2♂, 1♀, ANIC); 22°44’S, 118°25’E,  798m, dry Turee Creek, grassy open  Eucalyptusscrub, 25.IV–14.V.2003; 14–19.V .2003, JSS16096, JSS16111( 2♀, ANIC); Mount Augustus National Park; south slope on Saddle Trail, 24°18’S, 116°48’E,  400m, small dry wooded wash, 25.IV–7.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS15887( 1♂, CNC); Mount Augustus National Park, 24°22’S, 116°50’E,  427m, wash on southern slope of mountain, 25.IV–7.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS15878( 1♀, CNC); base of “The Governor” on Great Northern Highway, 23°3’S, 118°50’E,  722m, dry wash in wooded area, 23.IV–6.V .2003, M.E. Irwin& F.D. Parker, Malaise trap, JSS15689, JSS15693, JSS15698( 3♀, CNC);  Victoria: Dartmouth Survey, Dart-Mitta River Junction, Locality L, 36°31’S, 147°27’E,   4.III.1973, JSS8760( 1♂, MVMA); Dartmouth Survey, Mitta Mitta River, Loc. EA, 36°31’S, 147°27’E,   9.II.1973, JSS8771( 1♂, MVMA); Mitcham, 37°49’S, 145°12’E,  XII .1982, C. Lai( D. Yu), Malaise trap, JSS14387( 1♂, DEBU); Walhalla, 37°57’S, 146°27’E,   5.III.1981, Z. Liepa, JSS9177( 1♂, ANIC).   Distribution: Australia( Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Victoria) ( Fig. 130).  Notes:This is another common and widespread species that has never been recording hilltopping. Intraspecific genetic distance ranges from 0.0–1.5%. It is genetically most similar to  T. latistyla  sp. nov.(8.8% pairwise divergence) (Supplementary file 3). 2003-04-25 2003-05-14 2003-04-25 T, WAM C. Lambkin & Weir Australia 797 -22.666666 Juna Downs Road 1259 118.433334 Karijini National Park 131 132 JSS16003 1 1 Western Australia holotype Australia -35.266666 Black Mountain Reserve 1194 149.1 131 132 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype [461,1303,1771,1798] 1980-01-04 ANIC Z. Liepa Australia -35.266666 Black Mountain 1194 149.1 131 132 JSS9185 1 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype 1980-02-21 XII Australia 131 132 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype [228,1235,1807,1834] 1980-01-30 1980-02-05 1980-01-30 ANIC Colless Australia 131 132 JSS8508, JSS8518-20 4 4 Australian Capital Territory paratype 1968-02-29 ANIC Common Australia 131 132 JSS8503 1 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype 1967-02-02 ANIC Z. Liepa Australia -35.266666 Black Mountain 1194 149.1 Canberra 131 132 JSS9182 1 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype 1999-01-11 1999-01-19 1999-01-11 CNC G. Gibson Australia -35.266666 Black Mountain 1194 149.1 131 132 CNCD4468 1 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype [260,1368,1915,1942] 1980-01-11 1980-04-22 1980-01-11 XII Australia 131 132 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype [228,292,1951,1977] 1980-01-05 1980-01-06 1980-01-05 ANIC D. H. Colless & Malaise Australia -35.266666 Canberra 1194 149.1 Black Mountain 131 132 JSS8678, JSS8681-3, JSS8685, JSS8689, JSS8691, JSS8693- 5 10 10 Australian Capital Territory paratype 1985-02-18 1985-02-23 1985-02-18 CAS W. W. Middlekauff Australia 132 133 -35.366665 Blundells Creek 1193 148.83333 131 132 JSS8452 1 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype 1987-02 ANIC D. H. Colless Australia -35.316666 Condor Creek 1194 148.83333 132 133 JSS8627-9, JSS8632-3 5 5 Australian Capital Territory paratype [1182,1330,187,213] 1970-03-06 R Australia 132 133 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype ANIC Lindsay Australia 132 133 JSS8675 1 1 Australian Capital Territory paratype [409,1081,222,249] Australia -31.216667 23 km SE Tamworth 1217 151.11667 132 133 1 New South Wales paratype 1982-11-26 ANIC D. S. Horning & Jr. Australia -35.116665 4 miles SW of Tarago 1195 149.6 132 133 JSS9147 1 1 New South Wales paratype 1966-03-20 ANIC Z. Liepa Australia -29.116667 Callitrus 1228 146.93333 Culgoa National Park 132 133 JSS9218, CGN1 1 1 New South Wales paratype [1244,1309,295,321] 2010-01-30 QM Schiebaan Australia 132 133 CNC576579 1 1 New South Wales paratype [1076,1340,331,357] R Team, B & Shiebaan Australia 132 133 1 New South Wales paratype QM Ohlsen Australia -35.55 Braidwood 1193 149.93333 Monga 132 133 CNC576631, CNC576635 2 2 New South Wales paratype 1966-02-13 ANIC Z. Liepa Australia 205 -32.633335 Mile Tank 1209 145.68333 Yathong Nature Reserve 132 133 JSS9210 1 1 New South Wales paratype 2003-10-03 2003-10-25 2003-10-03 CNC C. Lambkin & N. Starick Australia -29.666666 Grafton Experimental Farm 1226 152.93333 132 133 CNCD3638 1 1 New South Wales paratype [668,735,475,501] ANIC M. F. Day Australia -33.55 Woy Woy 1204 151.3 Pearl Beach 132 133 JSS8642 1 1 New South Wales paratype [481,544,511,537] ASCU M. J. Fletcher & J. A. Macdonald Australia 200 -32.633335 Triangle Tank 1209 145.55 Yathong Nature Reserve 132 133 JSS8742 1 1 New South Wales paratype 2003-10-03 2003-10-25 2003-10-03 ANIC C. Lambkin & Starick Australia 132 133 JSS16039 1 1 New South Wales paratype Brisbane Australia -27.5 Indooroopilly 1236 152.98334 Department of Primary Industries 132 133 1 Queensland paratype 1977-02 QDPC Australia 138 -28.95 Culgoa Floodplain National Park 1229 146.86667 132 133 JSS8936, TOLB6 1 1 Queensland paratype [1331,1395,655,681] QM C. Kelly & A. Coward Australia 170 -27.483334 Mount Coot-tha 1237 152.95 132 133 CNC575021, CNC575024 2 2 Queensland paratype [320,1432,726,753] 1998-04-26 QM C. Lambkin Australia -24.866667 Bundaberg 1249 152.35 132 133 JSS7739-41 3 3 Queensland paratype [151,1072,762,789] 1972-02-15 1972-02-28 1972-02-15 ANIC H. Frauca Australia -26.4 Charleville 1242 146.23334 132 133 JSS8617 1 1 Queensland paratype 1970-02-15 ANIC Dyce Australia 132 133 JSS8624 1 1 Queensland paratype Wanarra Road Australia -29.583334 York Gums 1226 117.0 Charles Darwin Reserve 132 133 1 Western Australia paratype 2009-09-19 2009-09-23 2009-09-19 QM Lambkin & Monteith Australia 638 -24.633333 Kumarina Road House 1250 117.61667 132 133 CNC575172 1 1 Western Australia paratype [1302,1366,871,897] CNC M. E. Irwin & F. D. Parker Australia 300 -21.283333 East of Marble Bar 1264 121.23333 132 133 JSS16409 1 1 Western Australia paratype [492,556,942,969] CNC M. E. Irwin & Parker Australia 170 -20.383333 47 km S Pardoo Road House on Shay Gap Road 1268 120.01667 132 133 JSS15874-6 3 1 2 Western Australia paratype [1237,1302,979,1005] CNC M. E. Irwin & Parker Australia 177 -20.466667 67 km SW Pardoo Road House on Shay Gap Road 1268 120.166664 132 133 JSS15703 1 1 Western Australia paratype [786,851,1051,1077] CNC M. E. Irwin & Parker Australia 626 -23.9 70 km S Newman on Great Northern Highway 1254 119.75 132 133 JSS15663 1 1 Western Australia paratype [232,296,1123,1149] CNC M. E. Irwin & F. D. Parker Australia 797 -22.666666 Juna Downs Road 1259 118.433334 Karijini National Park 132 133 JSS15879 1 1 Western Australia paratype 19 - 25. IV. 2003, 25. IV - 14. V. 2003 T Lambkin Australia 132 133 1 Western Australia paratype ANIC Weir Australia 798 -22.733334 Turee Creek 1258 118.416664 132 133 JSS16287, JSS16289, JSS16308 3 1 2 Western Australia paratype [967,1031,1231,1257] ANIC Australia 400 -24.3 Saddle Trail 1252 116.8 Mount Augustus National Park 132 133 JSS16096, JSS16111 2 2 Western Australia paratype [269,333,1302,1329] CNC M. E. Irwin & F. D. Parker Australia 427 -24.366667 Mount Augustus National Park 1252 116.833336 132 133 JSS15887 1 1 Western Australia paratype [981,1044,1338,1365] CNC M. E. Irwin & F. D. Parker Australia 722 -23.05 Northern Highway 1257 118.833336 132 133 JSS15878 1 1 Western Australia paratype [526,590,1411,1437] CNC M. E. Irwin & Parker Australia 132 133 JSS15689, JSS15693, JSS15698 3 3 Western Australia paratype [297,1303,1447,1473] Dartmouth Survey & Locality L Australia -36.516666 River Junction 1186 147.45 132 133 1 Victoria paratype 1973-03-04 MVMA Loc. EA Australia -36.516666 Mitta Mitta River 1186 147.45 Dartmouth Survey 132 133 JSS8760 1 1 Victoria paratype 1973-02-09 MVMA, XII Australia -37.816666 Mitcham 1179 145.2 132 133 JSS8771 1 1 Victoria paratype DEBU C. Lai & D. Yu Australia -37.95 Walhalla 1178 146.45 132 133 JSS14387 1 1 Victoria paratype [492,970,1554,1581] 1981-03-05 ANIC Liepa Australia 132 133 JSS9177 1 1 Victoria paratype