Terellia ermolenkoi Korneyev, 1985

Evstigneev, D. A., 2023, A second species of the genus Urophora (Diptera: Tephritidae) attacking capitula of the genus Psephellus (Asteraceae), Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 32 (1), pp. 16-22 : 21

Terellia ermolenkoi Korneyev, 1985

( Figs 19–26 )

Material examined. Armenia, Gegharkunik Prov., western coast of Sevan Lake , between Noratus Vill. and Eranos Vill., among rocks, 4 females and 4 males reared on 10.IV.2022 from capitula of Psephellus sp. collected on 25.VII.2021, D. Evstigneev leg.

Comments. Larvae of this species develop on the same Psephellus sp. as larvae of Urophora sevanensis sp. nov. Terellia ermolenkoi was originally described by V. Korneyev (1985) from Azerbaijan, based on one male collected by Ermolenko. This species was reported from Armenia ( Zarghani et al., 2016) and from the Caucasus in Russia: the Beshtau Mountain in the Stavropol’ Territory, the Jamagat Valley near Teberda in the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia ( Zarghani et al., 2016), and the Lagonaki Plateau in the Republic of Adygea ( Shcherbakov, 2017). A description of females and redescription of males of this species was provided in the paper cited above ( Zarghani et al., 2016). These authors found that larvae of T. ermolenkoi develop in the capitula of various species of the genus Psephellus . The morphological details of T. ermolenkoi are illustrated in Figs 19–26 . The shape, position and colour elements of the scutal pattern (= scutal marks) are illustrated for the first time ( Figs 23, 24 ).

Distribution. Armenia ( Zarghani et al., 2016), Azerbaijan ( Korneyev, 1985), Iran ( Zarghani et al., 2016), and the Caucasus in Russia ( Zarghani et al., 2016; Shcherbakov, 2017).

Figures

Figs 19–26. Terellia ermolenkoi Korneyev, 1985, females (19, 20, 22, 25, 26) and males (20, 21, 23, 24). 19, female habitus (in lateral view); 20, male wing; 21, glans of phallus; 22, female abdomen (in dorsal view); 23, 24, male thorax (in dorsal view); 25, aculeus; 26, apex of aculeus.