Myopites stylatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Kovac, D., Kameneva, E. P. & Korneyev, V. A., 2022, A Review Of Tephritidae And Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) Of Croatia, Zoodiversity 56 (5), pp. 349-372 : 352-353

Myopites stylatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Schiner, 1864: 142; Strobl, 1893: 125 ( Myopites limbardae ); 1900: 624 ( Myopites stylata ); Bjeliš, 2007: 372 ( Myopites stilatus — misspelling); Merz, Korneyev, 2004.

Material. Syntypes of Myopites limbardae: Split-Dalmatia : 1 ♀: “Dalmatien”, “Frfld. / Dalmatien / 1857”, “limbardae / Alte Sammlung” and 1 ex. [abdomen missing] “Dalmatien”, “limbardae / Alte Sammlung”. Other possible syntypes: 3 Ơ “Dalmatia / (Frfld.) // Mik”, “limbardae / det. Mik ”, “ Myopites limbardae Schin. ” ( NHMW) .

R e m a r k s. Occurring on sea shores, inducing galls in flower heads of Dittrichia viscosa .

Synonymy will be explained and justified elsewhere (Korneyev et al., in prep.).