Chaetorellia carthami Stackelberg, 1929

Knio, Khouzama M., Kalash, Sameer H. & White, Ian M., 2002, Flowerhead-infesting fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) on thistles (Asteraceae), in Lebanon, Journal of Natural History 36 (5), pp. 617-629 : 623

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930010023448
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038287FC-FFD2-C23B-54A7-FE44FC830172
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chaetorellia carthami Stackelberg, 1929
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Chaetorellia carthami Stackelberg, 1929 View in CoL

Found at 200±1500 m. ex Carthamus tenuis : 5M and 9F, Ainab, Aley Co. (Mount Lebanon); 1M and 2F, Baabda, Baabda Co. (Mount Lebanon); 3M and 2F, Ehden, Zgharta Co. (North Lebanon); 1M and 5F, Kousba, Koura Co. (North Lebanon); 1F, Bhamdoun, Aley Co. (Mount Lebanon).

This specialist species is associated with Carthamus spp. and was reported from Israel, Iraq and Cyprus ( White and Marquardt, 1989).