S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 64. (Budapest, 2003)

Legs. Trochanters and base of femora yellow, femora black with greyish pollinosity (f3 shining posteroventrally); knees, tibiae and tarsal segments yellow, last segment brown. Ventroapical row of 8-10 strong black spines on mid femora; 3-4 short hairs on 3rd femur. Subapical (distal) spines on first four tibiae strongly developed. No anteromedial hairs on 3rd tibia. Hind trochanter with 10-12 erect hairs on ventral side (as long as width of t3 at base). Pulvilli as long as last tarsal segment. Wing. Length: 4.04 mm. Fourth costal section 0.9 times as long as third costal section. Cross-vein R-M beyond 2/5 of discal cell. Pterostigma fully coloured. Hairs on tegula missing. Abdomen. The HT was already dissected. Laterally 2-4 strong dark spines on first tergite. Genitalia (Figs 1A-B and Figs 2A-D). Surstyli subsymmetrical, broad at tip; epandrium as wide as long; ST8 with small, triangular m.a. Borders of SES clearly visible, with 5-7 thick hairs on each side; gonopods asymmetrical, RG longer; phallic guide hairy, thick and strongly bent in ventral view, slightly curved towards SS in lateral view, tip pointed; phallus trifid, branches short compared to phallic guide; ejaculatory apodeme linear, broad at tip; sperm pump elongated. Female - Unknown. Remarks - The species can be recognised by the special shape of the surstyli (broad tips, Fig. IB) and the unusually hairy and thick phallic guide (Figs 2A, D). The type for this species has been mislabelled, probably by the author after having made the descriptions for Pipunculus aculeatus and P. claripennis in Loew (1858). There is a list created by Loew himself for his identifications (courtesy of Bert Viklund, Stockholm), were he gives the numbers present on the labels of specimens and the identification belonging to the specific individual. This is 169 and 238 for P. aculeatus, but the specimen with these data is a female Tomosvaryella. Loew (1860) gives more detailed descriptions in German, and from those features (e.g. presence of the pterostigma, position of the R-M vein and the sex (male for P. aculeatus)) it is clear that the types of the two species were mixed. The type specimens have been labelled according to these facts, but the original labels have not been removed. The type specimen was collected during a Swedish expedition to southern and south-eastern Africa led by J. A. Wahlberg. The specimen is from "Caffraria", which refers to a large part of current South Africa. Loew 1858 (p. 375) gives the type locality as "Caffraria (Wahlb.)", but does not mention the number of specimens he had studied. Distribution - Only known from these two specimens collected in the Republic of South Africa.