Tephritis conyzifoliae Merz, 1992

Evstigneev, D. A. & Glukhova, N. V., 2020, First records of two species of Tephritidae and one species of Platystomatidae (Diptera) from Transcaucasia, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 29 (1), pp. 155-161 : 157-158

Tephritis conyzifoliae Merz, 1992

( Figs. 1–8 )

Material examined. Armenia, Vayots Dzor Prov., vicinity of Jermuk , mountain meadow, 4 females and 3 males reared 9.VIII.2018 from capitula of Crepis ciliata collected on 7.VIII.2018; same locality and habitat, 4 females and 12 males reared 15.VIII.2019 from capitula of Crepis pannonica collected on 14.VIII.2019.

Comments. This species is recorded from Armenia and Transcaucasia at large for the first time. The diagnostic characters of T. conyzifoliae are illustrated in Figs 1–8 . Host plants are illustrated in Figs 25–27 (see the Addenda section). Crepis pannonica has already been mentioned as a host plant for the larvae of T. conyzifoliae , whereas C. ciliata is recorded for the first time. A distinctive feature of the males of T. conyzifoliae is the presence of spines on the preglans.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Tephritis conyzifoliae, details of male (1, 3, 8) and female (2, 4, 5, 6, 7). 1 – male wing; 2 – female wing; 3 – glans of phallus (it is visible that preglans has spines); 4 – aculeus (part); 5 – apex of aculeus; 6 – spermatheca; 7 – female abdomen (in dorsal view); 8 – male abdomen (in dorsal view).