Tomosvaryella helwanensis (Collin, 1949)

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 : 51-52

Tomosvaryella helwanensis (Collin, 1949)

EGYPT: Helwan , xi.1944, R.L. Coe, B.M. 1946–39 [♂ (lectotype), BMNH]; same data as lectotype [1♂ 3♀♀ (paralectotypes), BMNH] .

Remarks. The species was originally described from Egypt based on eleven males and nine females and it has not been recorded thereafter. Here, Collin’s extensive and detailed description is completed by the illustration of the male and female terminalia ( Figs 8A–F ) and by the lateral habitus view of the female ( Fig. 9 ) in order to enable a secure identification.

Figures

Fig. 8. Tomosvaryella helwanensis (Collin, 1949). A. Right lateral view of male surstylus. B. Strictly dorsal view of syntergosternite 8. C. Left lateral view of male surstylus. D. Right lateral view of phallus and phallic guide. E. Left lateral view of ovipositor. F. Dorsal view of ovipositor.

Fig. 9. Right lateral view of female of Tomosvaryella helwanensis (Collin, 1949).