Terellia odontolophi Korneyev, 1993

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 : 131

Terellia odontolophi Korneyev, 1993 ( fig. 34 )

Korneyev, 1993; Evstigneev, 2013; Korneyev et al., 2013.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. East Azerbaijan Province: Varzaghan, Dizmar Protected Area, Chichakli Valley [38.679 N, 46.542 E], h = 2215 m, 26.06.2014, 3 Ơ, 4 ♀ (Zarghani) ( FAUT; ICHMM) ; Arasbaran near Kaleybar, h = 1797 m [38.867 N, 46.851 E], 23.06.2014 (S. & V. Korneyev) ( SIZK) ; Alburz Province: [Ebrahimabad E of] Khoznan [36.114901 N, 50.655783 E, 2140 m], 3.06.2014, 7 Ơ (Mohamadzade) ( SMNC) .

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s. Mesonotum greenish yellow, with black lyrate pattern; wing hyaline; abdomen mostly white setulose; male tergite 5 with pair of long triangular lateral spot almost reaching posterior margin in addition to pair of smaller medial spots; female abdomen with 2 pairs of large partly fused black spots on tergites 3–6; oviscape slightly longer than preceding 3 abdominal tergites; aculeus apically blunt (see Korneyev et al., 2013).

H o s t p l a n t s. Larvae in flower heads of Psephellus trinervius (Willd.) Wagenitz ( Korneyev et al. 2013) (syn. Centaurea trinervia Steven ex Willd. ; Odontolophus trinervius (Steph. ex Willd.) Dobrocz. ; Phaeopappus trinervius (Willd.) Boiss. ) and Ps. sumensis (Kalen.) Greuter ( Evstigneev, 2013) (syn. Centaurea sumensis Kalen. ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine, East of European Russia ( Evstigneev, 2013; Korneyev et al., 2013). First record from Iran.

Figures

Fig. 34–38. Tephritid flies (34–36, 38) and Klasea cerinthifolia, new host plant of T. pseudovirens, (37): 34 — Terellia odontolophi, Ơ, habitus, left; 35–36— T. pseudovirens, 37 — its host plant, Inula salicina, ♀; 38 — Euleia kovalevi (photo by E. Zarghani).