Tephritis mutabilis Merz, 1992
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https://doi.org/ 10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.13 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8114769 |
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Tephritis mutabilis Merz, 1992 |
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Tephritis mutabilis Merz, 1992 View in CoL View at ENA
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Material examined. Armenia, Gegharkunik Prov., vicinity of Sevan Town, mountain side facing Sevan Psychiatric Hospital , 1 female and 1 male reared 21.VII.2017 from capitula of Leontodon asperrimus collected on 16.VII.2017, 2 females and 3 males reared 25.VII.2017 from capitula of L. asperrimus collected on 16.VII.2017, coll. D.A. Evstigneev. Russia, Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, Alagir Distr., 3 km below Tsey station of cableway, bank of Tseyadon River , 3 males reared 16.VIII.2020 from capitula of Leontodon sp. collected on 14.VIII.2020 , 6 females and 1 male reared 19.VIII.2020 from capitula of Leontodon sp. collected on 14.VIII.2020, coll. D.A. Evstigneev .
Distribution. Austria, former Czechoslovakia (without further details), France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland ( Merz, 1992, 1994), Russia (S. Korneyev, 2016b), Ukraine (S. Korneyev & Klasa, 2016).
Comments. In Russia, the species was known from Adygea in the western Caucasus (Evstigneev & S. Korneyev, 2018) and from Karachay-Cherkessia (S. Korneyev, 2016b, 2016c) and Kabardino-Balkaria (Evstigneev & S. Korneyev, 2018) in the North Caucasus. Here we record it from North Ossetia. Tephritis mutabilis is recorded from Armenia and Transcaucasia at large for the first time. Merz, who described T. mutabilis , reared it from Leontodon hispidus L. ( Merz, 1992, 1994). Here, we list the new host plant species, L. asperrimus (Willd.) Endl. The above-mentioned specimens are consistent with the diagnosis of T. mutabilis , including the reticular wing pattern, elongate spermathecae and incised apex of the aculeus ( Figs 15–23 View Figs15–23 ).
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