Tomosvaryella vicina ( Becker, 1900 )

Kehlmaier, Christian, Gibbs, David J. & Withers, Phil, 2019, New records of big-headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae) from the Mediterranean Basin, Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1), pp. 31-60 : 54

Tomosvaryella vicina ( Becker, 1900)

EGYPT: Luxor, 44629, ii, T. Becker [♂ (lectotype), MNHU]; same data as lectotype [3♂♂ (paralectotypes), MNHU] ; Assiut, 44396, xii, T. Becker [1♂ 1♀ (paralec- totypes), MNHU] ; Assiut, 44459, xii, T. Becker [1♂ 1♀ and 1 badly damaged specimen (only part of thorax and five legs left), MNHU] .

Remarks. De Meyer (1993: fig. 36) redescribed and illustrated the species, listing only the male “ holotype ” with the label data “4629 II”. This is obviously a misinterpretation and a typo, respectively. In De Meyer (1996), one syntype from Assiut (44459) and three syntypes from Luxor (44629) are mentioned. The original type series consisted of an unspecified number of males and females collected at Assiut and Luxor between Dezember and February ( Becker, 1900). At MNHU, nine specimens were identified that belong to the type series. All specimens are pinned on minutens. The four males from Luxor are placed on two insect needles. One male from Luxor has been dissected in the past and was labelled as lectotype by Sergey Kuznetzov. This lectotype designation was apparently never published. The dissected male from Luxor is hereby designated as lectotype in order to fix the name involved and ensure a universal and consis- tent interpretation of the taxon in the future. The male syntergosternite 8 ( Figs 6C , 7B ) and the female ovipositor are illustrated ( Figs 6E & F ).

Figures

Fig. 6. A. Surstyli of a Spanish T. cilifemorata formerly published as T. nigronitida. B. Surstyli of the lectotype of Tomosvaryella disjuncta (Becker, 1900). C. Lectotype of Tomosvaryella vicina (Becker, 1900). D. Surstyli of the holotype of Tomosvaryella lyneborgi (Coe, 1969), a junior synonym of Tomosvaryella cilitarsis (Strobl, 1910). E. Right lateral view of ovipositor of Tomosvaryella vicina (Becker, 1900). F.Dorsal view of ovipositor of Tomosvaryella vicina (Becker, 1900).

Fig. 7. Dorsal view of surstyli, epandrium and syntergosternite 8 of lectotypes of A. Tomosvaryella disjuncta (Becker, 1900), and B. Tomosvaryella vicina (Becker, 1900).