Aphaniosoma cypriense Ebejer 2021

Aphaniosoma cypriense Ebejer, 2021 Fig. 21 Material examined Paratype CYPRUS • 1 ♂; Mazotos beach; 34°46ʹ32ʹʹ N 33°28ʹ12ʹʹ E; 26 Apr. 2002; M.J. Ebejer leg.; on Atriplex L. and Chrysanthemum L.; MJE. Remarks A rather elongate species that most resembles A. melitense Ebejer, 1993 in having strong fronto-orbitals, uniform frontal setulae on a frons that is longer than wide, and long rows of short dorsocentral and acrostichal setae including a prescutellar pair. Unlike A. melitense, A. cypriense does not have any modification of abdominal tergite 4. The original description includes photographs of both sexes. Distribution Cyprus (Ebejer 2021a).Published as part of Ebejer, Martin J., 2023, The genus Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903 (Diptera: Chyromyidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, with descriptions of new species, pp. 1-161 in European Journal of Taxonomy 872 on pages 48-49, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.872.2131, http://zenodo.org/record/801830