Tephritis separata Rondani, 1871

Evstigneev, D. A. & Przhiboro, A. A., 2021, New records of flies of the genus Tephritis (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the Caucasus and Transcaucasia, with notes on other tephritid species, Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 30 (1), pp. 13-24 : 15

Tephritis separata Rondani, 1871

( Figs 24–31 )

Material examined. Armenia, Vayots Dzor Prov., Jermuk Town, wet forest, near spring in a gallery, 7.VIII.2018, 2 females reared 7.VIII.2018 from capitula of Picris hieracioides collected on same day, 2 males reared 9.VIII.2018 from capitula of P. hieracioides collected on 7.VIII.2018, 2 females reared 16.VIII.2018 from capitula of P. hieracioides collected on 7.VIII.2018, coll. D.A. Evstigneev .

Distribution. Austria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland ( Merz, 1992), Andorra, France, Greece, Spain ( Merz, 1994), Russia (V. Korneyev, 2004; Evstigneev, 2016; S. Korneyev, 2016c), and Ukraine (S. Korneyev & Klasa, 2016).

Comments. The species was known from North Ossetia in the North Caucasus (S. Korneyev, 2016c). Here it is recorded from Armenia and Transcaucasia at large for the first time. The diagnostic characters of T. separata are illustrated in Figs 24–31 . When identifying the species, it should be taken into account that usually three, seldom two, hyaline spots are present in the cell r 1 ( Fig. 25 ), being in accordance with observation by Merz (1994). Diagnostic characters of specimens from Armenia coincide with those of specimens from European Russia ( Evstigneev, 2016). In Armenia, the host plant of this species is Picris hieracioides L., the same as in Europe ( Merz, 1992, 1994; Evstigneev, 2016).

Figures

Figs 24–31. Tephritis separata from Armenia, details of female (24–25, 27–30) and male (26, 31). 24, female habitus (in lateral view); 25, female wing; 26, male wing; 27, female abdomen (in dorsal view); 28, spermatheca; 29, distal part of aculeus (magnified); 30, apex of aculeus (at large magnification); 31, glans of phallus.