Susamyia mira Ziegler & Gilasian 2021, gen. et sp. nov.
Creators: name: Gilasian, Ebrahim
name: Ziegler, Joachim
name: Tóthová, Andrea
name: Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Susamyia
Susamyia mira

description: Susamyia mira Ziegler & Gilasian gen. et sp. nov.
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Figs 3–4, 5A–B, 6A, C–E, 7, 8A, C–D
Etymology
The species name ‘ mira ’ (Latin, adjective) is derived from ‘mirus’ (amazing, astonishing, surprising).
Material examined
Holotype IRAN • ♂ (pinned); IRAN: Khuzestan prov., / Shoush, Karkheh National / Park, Persian Fallow Deer / Sanctuary, 32°04′30.1″N / 48°14′24.2″E, June 28–July 4 / 2013, 66m, Malaise trap, M. / Parchami- Araghi // HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Susamyia mira / Ziegler & Gilasian / 2021 [red label]; HMIM.
Paratypes IRAN • 2 ♂♂ (1 pinned, 1 in ethanol), 2 ♀♀ (1 pinned, 1 in ethanol); same data as for holotype; HMIM • 1 ♂ (pinned); same data as for holotype except 32°04′42.2″N / 48°14′34.8″E, near swamp, / May 13– June 14 2014, 63 m, / Malaise trap, M. Parchami- / Araghi leg.; SDEI • 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (pinned); same data as for holotype except 32°04′45.6″N 48°14′27.8″E / 10.V.–10.VII. 2015, 68 m / leg. Gilasian; ZMHB • 1 ♂ (pinned); same data as for holotype except Dez National Park, Mianrood, / Persian Fallow Deer Sanctuary, / 32°06′23.5″N / 48°26′17.2″E, near marsh, / May 13–June 14 2014, 54 m, / Malaise trap, M. Parchami- / Araghi leg.; HMIM • 1 ♀ (glued to a card point); IRAN: Sistan & Balouchestan prov., / Dalgan, vicinity of / Jolgeh, Chah Hashem, palm / grove, 27°06′08.3″N / 59°07′11.3″E, / 28 April–2 May 2017, 388 m, Malaise / trap, M. Parchami-Araghi leg.; HMIM.
Each paratype has an additional yellow label containing “ PARATYPUS ♂ [or ♀] / Susamyia mira / Ziegler & Gilasian / 2021”.
Additional studied material
IRAN • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype except 32°04′45.6″N 48°14′27.8″E / 10.V.–10.VII. 2015, 68 m / leg. Gilasian; CZB.
Specimen dissected. Head (Fig. 6C–E), postabdomen and left wing prepared separately, the other parts of the body have been destroyed during DNA extraction.
Description
Male (Figs 3–4, 5A–B, 6A, C–E)
Statements given within square brackets refer to paratypes. Overall length: 6.3–[7.5] mm.
COLORATION AND MICROTRICHOSITY. Head predominantly brown; genal setulae black; frontal vitta and lunule light brown; face, parafacial, fronto-orbital plate, gena, genal dilation, ocellar triangle and occiput covered with dense silvery white microtrichosity; occiput with white setulae; scape, pedicel and basal margin of postpedicel orange, other parts of antenna including arista dark brown to black; prementum dark brown; palpus yellow; thorax black, predominantly covered with whitish-grey microtrichosity; presutural portion of scutum with 2 narrow dark median and 2 semi-triangular lateral vittae (seen from behind), posterior margin of postpronotum orange, postsutural portion of scutum orange laterally; scutellum entirely yellowish-orange or (rarely) darker in basal portion, covered with grey microtrichosity; wing hyaline; calypters white; tegula brownish-orange, basicosta pale yellow; halter orange; coxae, femora and tarsi brownish-black, apical half of femora orange ventrally, tibiae dark brownish-orange; abdomen dorsally and ventrally predominantly covered with dense grey microtrichosity on its whole length, without black bands posteriorly, but with black shining spots at base of every seta; syntergite 1+2 mostly black, posterior half of lateral and ventral portions orange; tergites 3–4 predominantly orange, each with a dorsal black trapezoidal spot; tergite 5 orange with a semi triangular black spot dorsally; margins of all tergites pale yellow; sternites black; postabdomen mostly orange.
HEAD (Figs 3, 6C–E). Eye bare; height of gena in lateral view [0.17]–0.21 times as long as vertical diameter of eye; face [1.20]–1.27 times as long as frons in lateral view; frons at its narrowest point 1.15–1.39 [1.30] times as wide as an eye viewed dorsally; frontal vitta nearly as wide as fronto-orbital plate medially; medial vertical setae almost 0.65–[0.72] times as long as vertical diameter of eye, lateral vertical setae 0.50–[0.59] times as long as medial (inner) vertical setae; ocellar setae proclinate or [lateroreclinate]; postocellar setae parallel and [0.57]–0.75 times as long as lateral vertical setae; upper part of head without black setulae behind the postocular row; frons with 4–[6] frontal setae descending to level of lower margin of pedicel; the uppermost seta sometimes reclinate, as if upper orbital seta; facial ridge with erect setae on lower ⅔–[¾], parafacial bare, at its narrowest point [0.18]–0.21 times as wide as transverse eye diameter and almost [0.60]–0.70 times as wide as postpedicel in lateral view; fronto-orbital plate with a few scattered setulae; 2 proclinate orbital and 1 reclinate upper orbital setae (Fig. 6A), sometimes preceding a weaker reclinate upper frontal or orbital seta (Fig. 3); fronto-orbital plate at level of scape 0.30–[0.37] times as wide as the transverse diameter of eye; vibrissa arising at level of lower facial margin and 0.70–[0.75] times as long as face; lower facial margin not visible in lateral view; postpedicel about 6.8 [6.5–7.5] times as long as pedicel and 4.1–[4.2] times as long as wide; arista thickened in basal ⅗, first aristomere shorter than wide; second aristomere [2.0]–2.5 times as long as first aristomere, 1.2–1.8 times as long as wide; prementum very short; palpus slender and cylindrical, with only a few setulae.
THORAX. Prosternum setose; proepisternum bare; postpronotum with 3–4 setae, 3 strong basal setae arranged in a nearly straight line, often an additional distal weak seta between middle and basal setae; scutum with 3+3 acrostichal, 3+4 dorsocentral, 1+3 intra-alar, 2 notopleural, 3 supra-alar setae; first postsutural supra-alar seta longer than notopleural setae and longer than first postsutural intra-alar seta; postalar callus with 2 setae; anatergite bare below calypter; katepimeron bare; katepisternum with 3 setae almost in a line; postmetacoxal area membranous; scutellum with 4 pairs of marginal setae, apical setae weak, crossed and horizontal or [inclined at most at 30° to horizontal], lateral setae strong and as long as basal setae; subapical setae usually longer and stronger than other scutellar setae; dorsal surface of scutellum covered with erect setulae and with 1 pair of inclined discal setae on apical ⅓.
WING. Second costal section bare ventrally; costal seta nearly as long as crossvein r-m; fourth costal section (between R 2+3 and R 4+5)approximately as long as second costal section (between subcostal break and R 1); third costal section 1.8–[2.0] times as long as fourth costal section; vein R 4+5 with 3–[5] basal setulae dorsally and 2–[4] basal setulae ventrally; wing cell r 4+5 narrowly open or [closed at wing margin]; section of vein M between crossveins r-m and dm-cu [2.3]–2.5 times as long as section between dm-cu and bend of M; bend of M forming a right angle without appendix; crossvein dm-cu 5.0–[5.5] times as long as crossvein r–m.
LEGS. Fore leg. Tibia with 2 posterior setae and a complete row of anterodorsal and posterodorsal setae; preapical anterodorsal seta shorter than preapical dorsal seta; tarsomere 1 nearly 2.1 times as long as tarsomere 2 and 0.4 times as long as tibia; claws short, 0.4 times as long as tarsomere 5. Mid leg. Tibia with a nearly complete row of different-sized anterodorsal setae, of which 2–3 setae very strong and long; 2–[3] posterior and [1]–2 ventral setae. Hind leg. Coxa bare on anterior and posterior surfaces; tibia with a complete row of anterodorsal setae of irregular size, 3–[5] posterodorsal, 2–[3] ventral setae, 2 preapical dorsal setae; preapical posteroventral seta shorter than preapical anteroventral seta.
ABDOMEN. Middorsal depression of syntergite 1+2 extending back to posterior margin of segment; syntergite 1+2 and tergite 3 each with 1 pair of median marginal and 1 pair of lateral marginal setae; tergites 3–4 with depressed setulae dorsally, without median discal setae; tergite 3 0.45 times as long as wide; tergites 4–5 each with a complete row of marginal setae, tergite 5 with erect discal setae dorsally and 0.65 times as long as tergite 4.
POSTABDOMEN (Fig. 4). Sternite 5 with a deep median apical depression, without sensilla trichodea (Fig. 4C); membrane binding between sternite 6 and segment 7 very narrow; epandrium 2.3 times as long as syntergite 6–8; cercus convex in the middle of basal part and depressed downwards in the middle of apical part (Fig. 4A); cercus and surstylus narrow in lateral view, surstylus longer than cercus (Fig. 4B); aedeagus as in fig. 4D.
Female
Differs from male by combination of the following characters: facial ridge with only 3–4 erect and spaced setae on nearly lower ½; ocellar triangle and frontal vitta orange; postpedicel narrower and shorter, about 4.5–5.4 times as long as pedicel; trapezoidal black spots on abdominal tergites 3–4 much smaller; dorsal black spot on tergite 5 very small; margins of all tergites orange.
EGG (Fig.7). Microtype, oval, planoconvex(lenticular), maximum diameter 0.18–0.23mm, embryonated. Dorsal chorion thick, dark brown, with fine sculpture (Fig. 7A); seen from ventral semi-transparent (Fig. 7B).
description: Published as part of Gilasian, Ebrahim, Ziegler, Joachim, Tóthová, Andrea & Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad, 2021, A new genus and species of tachinid flies from Iran (Diptera, Tachinidae, Goniini), pp. 162-185 in European Journal of Taxonomy 746 (1) on pages 168-173, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.746.1331, http://zenodo.org/record/4722978