Carpomya (Myopardalis) pardalina Bigot, 1891

Korneyev, V. A., Mishustin, R. I. & Korneyev, S. V., 2017, The Carpomyini Fruit Flies Diptera: Tephritidae Of Europe Caucasus And Middle East: New Records Of Pests With Improved Keys, Vestnik Zoologii 51 (6), pp. 453-470 : 459

Carpomya (Myopardalis) pardalina Bigot, 1891 ( figs 1, 1–2; 2, 2 ; 3, 3 ; 4 , 2 )

Carpomyia pardalina Bigot, 1891: 51 ; Myiopardalis pardalina: Bezzi 1910: 4 , 8; Hendel, 1927: 90; Freidberg & Kugler, 1989: 194; White & Elson-Harris, 1992: 349; Carpomyia (Myiopardalis) pardalina: Zaitzev, 1919: 66 ; 1947: 6; Rohdendorf, 1936: 22, 35; Kandybina, 1965: 668; 1977: 51; Carpomya pardalina: Norrbom, 1997: 340 ; Norrbom et al., 1999: 115. — Carpomyia caucasica Zaitzev, 1919: 64 ; Carpomyia (Myiopardalis) caucasica: Rekatch, 1930: 5 . — Kryshtal, 1949: 203 (misidentification).

Material. Israel: Genin, 1.07.1971, 1 Ơ, 1 ♀ (A. Freidberg); Ukraine: Kherson: Skadovsk District , emerged from Cucumis melo , 17.09.1916, 1 Ơ ( R. Mishustin) ( SIZK) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine (first record in Europe); Asian Russia (North Caucasus); Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan; India.

Host plants. Cucurbitaceae : Cucumis melo , C. melo var. flexuosus ( Freidberg & Kugler, 1989) .

Remarks. It is believed that the melon fruit fly is now widespread in all the areas of melon plantings within Ukraine, as it was entirely neglected at the beginning of its spread. Furthermore, it has been found to be imported into many other regions of Ukraine with melonstransported for commercial purposes; for instance, in the Transcarpatian Region (http://izan.kiev.ua/ukrbin/show_image.php?imageid = 41666). Its establishment, however, has been restricted to the southern Ukraine, which is the only appropriate area for cultivation of its hosts.

Figures

Fig. 1. Carpomyini. 1–2 — Carpomya pardalina, Kherson (1 — freshly emerged male; 2 — infested melon with holes in skin (cyan arrows) prepared by larvae for emerging of adults); 3 — Rhagoletis meigenii on Berberis fruit, Berlin; 4 — R. cerasi on Lonicera fruit, Kyiv, Grishko Botanical Gardens. Photos by R. I. Mishustin (1–2) and V. A. Korneyev (3–4).

Fig. 2. Carpomya spp. heads, left lateral view: 1 — C. (Goniglossum) liat; 2 — C. (Myiopardalis) pardalina; 3 — C. (s. str.) incompleta; 4 — C. (s. str.) schineri.

Fig. 3. Carpomya spp. mesonotums, dorsal view: 1 — C. (Goniglossum) wiedemanni; 2 — C. (G.) liat; 3 — C. (Myiopardalis) pardalina; 4 — C. (s. str.) incompleta; 5 — C. (s. str.) schineri.

Fig. 4. Carpomya spp. wings: 1 — C. (Goniglossum) wiedemanni; 2 — C. (Myiopardalis) pardalina; 3 — C. (s. str.) incompleta; 4 — C. (s. str.) schineri; 5 — C. (s. str.) vesuviana.