Acanthiophilus walkeri Wollaston, 1858

Penado, Andreia, Smit, John, Aguiar, António Franquinho, Cravo, Délia, Rego, Carla, Santos, Renata & Boieiro, Mário, 2020, The fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Madeira archipelago with the description of a new Oedosphenella Frey, Zootaxa 4810 (3), pp. 559-575 : 561-562

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.11
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9A5ECB45-189F-47D3-9300-E19DF643EBCA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333001
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Acanthiophilus walkeri Wollaston, 1858
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Material examined. Madeira: Ribeira da Janela (1 male) .

Remarks. Acanthiophilus walkeri is only known from Madeira and the Canary Islands. In Madeira is common and widespread throughout the island, from the coastline to the laurel forest. The preferred host plants of this species are thistles ( Merz 1992; Smit 2006).

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