Tephritis oedipus Hendel, 1927

Evstigneev, D. A. & Glukhova, N. V., 2022, Tephritid flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Caucasus and Transcaucasia: new records and new host plants, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 31 (1), pp. 118-129 : 120

Tephritis oedipus Hendel, 1927

( Figs 23–25)

Material examined. Armenia, Ararat Prov., nr. Zod Vill., “ Salt marshes” natural monument heavily pollut- ed by people and farm animals, tractor dug area with excreta of farm animals, 1 male reared 10.VIII.2021 from capitulum of Lactuca tatarica collected on 7.VIII.2021 (coll. D.A. Evstigneev).

Distribution. Mongolia ( Richter, 1975), China ( Foote, 1984), Kyrgyzstan (V. Korneyev & Kameneva, 1993), Russia, Ukraine (S. Korneyev & Karpyuk, 2009), Iran ( Gharajedaghi et al., 2011).

Comments. This species is recorded from Armenia and Transcaucasia for the first time. The larvae develop in the capitula of Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A. Mey. (V. Korneyev & Kameneva, 1993). The morphological details of T. oedipus male from Armenia are illustrated in Figs 23–25.