First records of two species of Tephritidae and one species of Platystomatidae (Diptera) from Transcaucasia

D.A. Evstigneev & N.V. Glukhova

Abstract. Two species of Tephritidae, Tephritis conyzifoliae Merz, 1992 and Tephritomyia lauta (Loew, 1869), and one species of Platystomatidae, Platystoma dimidiatum Hendel, 1913, are recorded for the first time from Armenia and Transcaucasia at large. The larvae of T. conyzifoliae develop in two species of Crepis, C. pannonica (Jacq.) K. Koch and C. ciliata C. Koch. The latter species is recorded for the first time as a host plant of T. conyzifoliae. Tephritomyia lauta were reared from Echinops sp. The morphological details of all three species of flies are illustrated in colour photos, as well as the host plants of the two species of tephritids.

Key words: Armenia, Transcaucasia, host plants, new records, Tephritidae, Platystomatidae, Tephritis conyzifoliae, Tephritomyia lauta, Platystoma dimidiatum, Crepis pannonica, Crepis ciliata

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2020, 29(1): 155–161 ▪ Published online 30 June 2020

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2020.29.1.155 ▪ Open full article

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Figs 25–27. Host plants of Tephritis conyzifoliae: Crepis ciliata and C. pannonica in their natural environment (mountain meadow near Jermuk). 25 – C. ciliata, upper part of flowering stem with capitula; 26 – C. ciliata, capitula from side and from below (in the centre), and a part of stem (low left-hand corner); 27 – C. pannonica.

Figs 28–30. Host plant of Tephritomyia lauta: Echinops sp., on a mountain side between Yeghegis Vill. and Smbataberd fortress. 28, 30 – Echinops sp. surrounded by numerous Serratula coriacea Fisch. et C.A. Mey.; 29 – individual capitula.

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