Tephritis hendeliana Hering, 1944

Evstigneev, D. A. & Korneyev, S. V., 2018, New And Little-Known Species Of The Genus Tephritis Latreille (Diptera, Tephritidae) From Kabardino-Balkaria And Adygea (Russia), Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 9 (4), pp. 5-15 : 10

Tephritis hendeliana Hering, 1944 ( Fig. 5)

Material. Russia: Kabardino-Balkar Republic , Elbrus district , near the village Terskol, meadow on the mountainside, coll. 23.07.2014, 1 ♀ (examined) (D. Evstigneev leg.); Cheget mountain, stand of ruderal plants including Carduus nutans , coll. 21.07.2014, 1 ♀ (D. Evstigneev leg.) .

Comments. Wing length = 5.4 and wing width = 2.2 mm, respectively (n = 1). Aculeus length 2.5–2.6 mm (n = 2).

Distribution. Austria, Albania, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine ( Korneyev, 2016b).

Host plants. Carduus nutans L. (also as C. thoermeri ) ( Korneyev, 2016b).