Aphaniosoma yittii Ebejer, 1996

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 : 151-152

Aphaniosoma yittii Ebejer, 1996

Fig. 88

Material examined

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 1 ♂; Sharjah Desert Park ; 4–8 Oct. 2004; A. van Harten leg.; yellow water trap; MJE .

Remarks

A distinctive and relatively easily identified species that was described from the north of Oman and later recorded from the United Arab Emirates with the inclusion of a photograph of its habitus ( Ebejer 2008). The relatively large, completely black hypopygium is one of its most distinctive features (Ebejer 2006: 293, figs 13–15). Much of it can be seen without dissection. The most common appearance of the scutum is illustrated ( Fig. 88 ). This uncommon species could easily occur in Israel.

Distribution

Oman, United Arab Emirates ( Ebejer 1996, 2008).

Figures

Fig. 88. Aphaniosoma yittii Ebejer, 1996, ♂ (MJE), head and thorax, dorsal view (note: posterior part of thorax and base of scutellum shrunken).