Myopites inulaedyssentericae Blot, 1827

Zarghani, E., Khaghaninia, S., Namin, S. Mohamadzade, Karimpour, Y. & Korneyev, V. A., 2016, First Records Of The Friut Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) In The Fauna Of Iran, Vestnik Zoologii 50 (2), pp. 123-134 : 126

Myopites inulaedyssentericae Blot, 1827 ( fig. 4–6 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. East Azerbaijan Province: Arasbaran [38.86 N, 46.84 E], h = 1997 m, 23.06.2014 ,

1 ♀ (S. & V. Korneyev) ( SIZK) .

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s. Mesonotum and pleura mostly black, scutellum yellow. Wing with wide preapical crossband ( fig 6 , a) wider than the hyaline space between it and apical spot, broken into two spots by hyaline space on vein M; veins R 4+5 and M convergent ( fig 6 , a); aculeus smooth (not tuberculate).

H o s t p l a n t s. Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh., Inula hirta L., I. salicina L. ( Hendel, 1927) and possibly some other plants (records needing checking); in Iran, it was collected on Inula sp. cf. salicina L.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Great Britain, most of Middle Europe from northern Spain to Russia and Turkey ( Merz & Korneyev, 2004), but many records need checking. New record for Iran.

Figures

Fig. 1–6. Flies of the tribe Myopitini (1–2, 4–6): (1, 2, 4 — habitus, left; 5 — head, left, enlarged; 6 — wing): 1 — Eurasimona stigma, ♀; 2 — Inuromaesa maura, ♀, 3 — its host plant, Inula salicina, ♀; 4–6 — Myopites inulaedyssentericae.