Acanthiophilus helianthi (ROSSI, 1794)

Soltanizadeh, Zohreh, Saghaei, Nazila & Ostovan, Hadi, 2015, A Contribution to the Fauna of Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Fars Province, Southern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 925-937 : 928-929

Acanthiophilus helianthi (ROSSI, 1794)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 5♀♀; 1033: Fars, Marvdasht , 29º52’N, 52º48’E, 10.vi.2013, swept from flower heads of Centaurea solstitialis L .; 27♀♀; 4933: Fars, Atabak , 29º46’N, 52º51’E, 01.vii.2013, Malaise trap in alfalfa field .

H o s t r e c o r d s f r o m I r a n: (Safflower) Carthamus tinctorius L. ( MODARES AWAL 1994, HATAMI et al. 2008, KEYHANIAN 2008, SAEIDI & NUR AZURA 2011a,b, SAEIDI et al. 2011a,b,c,d, SAEIDI et al. 2012); Carthamus oxyacanthu s M. BIEB., Centaurea cyanus L. ( Asteraceae ) (MOHMMADZADE NAMIN et al. 2010a); Carthamus lanatus L. ( Asteraceae ) (MOHMMADZADE NAMIN et al. 2010c); Cnicus benedictus L., Serratula coriacea FISCH. & MEY. ex DC. , Serratula coriacea , Centaurea behen L., Centaurea behen (Asteraceae) ( KARIMPOUR 2011); Cosmos bipinnatus CAV. , Centaurea amadanensis SCH. BIP. , Centaurea nemecii NBELEK , Centaurea leuzeoides JAUB. & SPACH. , Centaurea aucheri DC., Jurinea sp. ( Asteraceae ) (MOHMMADZADE NAMIN & NOZARI 2011a).

H o s t s o u t s i d e I r a n: The larvae develop in flower heads of various species of Carthamus , Centaurea and related genera of the family Asteraceae , Carthamus tinctorius L., Centaurea cyanus L., C. moschata [ Amberboa moschata L.] Cynara scolymus L., Helianthus annuus L. (FREIDBERG & KUGLER 1989, WHITE & ELSON- HARRIS 1992).

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Baluchestan, Khorasan ( BECKER 1912), Azerbaijan-e Sharghi, Gorgan, Fars, Esfahan, Ghom ( MODARES AWAL 1994, HATAMI et al. 2008, KEYHANIAN 2008), Tehran (MOHAMADZADEH NAMIN et al. 2010c), Ardebil ( MOHAMADZADE NAMIN et al. 2010c), Fars ( FAZEL et al. 2011), Kurdistan (MOHMMADZADE NAMIN & NOZARI 2011a), Azerbaijan-e Gharbi ( KARIMPOUR 2011), KOHGILUYE & BUYERAHMAD (SAEIDI & NUR AZURA 2011a,b, SAEIDI et al. 2011b,c,d), Azerbaijan-e Sharghi ( GHARAJEDAGHI et al. 2011a, GHARAJEDAGHI et al. 2012a,b, KHAGHANI NIA et al. 2012, KHAGHANI NIA & GHARAJEDAGHI 2012).

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Africa ( Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan), Asia ( India, Pakistan, Thailand), Atlantic Islands (Madeira), Europe (All Southern countries, plus the United Kingdom) (WHITE & ELSON- HARRIS 1992), Europe, East to Mongolia, South to North, East Africa, Afghanistan, Thailand ( NORRBOM et al. 1998).