Rhagoletis zernyi Hendel, 1927

Korneyev, S. V., Smith, J. J., Hulbert, D. L., Frey, J. E. & Korneyev, V. A., 2022, A New Species Of Rhagoletis (Diptera, Tephritidae) From Switzerland, With Discussion Of Its Relationships Within The Genus, Zoodiversity 56 (1), pp. 1-20 : 15-16

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15407/zoo2022.01.001

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F742168B-14A5-4286-BD2D-D68320E6D26F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6462327

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B1C8781-C23F-6F2F-FF4D-8EE1FB995CFE

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Felipe

scientific name

Rhagoletis zernyi Hendel, 1927
status

 

Rhagoletis zernyi Hendel, 1927 View in CoL ( fig. 1 View Fig , b)

Hendel, 1927: 76 (description, key); Merz & Blasco-Zumeta, 1995: 132 (host plant, distribution); Merz, 2001: 92 (checklist); Norrbom et al., 1999: 202 (catalogue); Korneyev et al., 2018 a: 468 (key, distribution).

Material. Spain: Monegros , Pina-de-Negro, 13.08.1992, 1 Ơ (Blasco-Zumeta) (Merz det., 1994) ( SIZK) .

Diagnosis. Rhagoletis zernyi can be differentiated from most species of Rhagoletis by the characters given for the juniperina group. It differs from the other species of that group by having yellow femora and the wing pattern with partially yellowish-brown discal and subapical bands that are broadly fused at anterior margin (other species have the wing pattern uniformly brown except R. flavigenualis , which has the discal and subapical bands separated ( fig. 1 View Fig , b)); male and female genitalia not examined. Abdomen black with posterior halves of tergites creamy or yellow. Body length 4.0– 4.8 mm; wing length Ơ = 3.5–3.6 mm.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Spain.

H o s t p l a n t s. Juniperus thurifera L. ( Merz & Blasco-Zumeta, 1995).

SIZK

Schmaulhausen Institute of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tephritidae

Genus

Rhagoletis

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