Urophora quadrifasciata algerica (Hering, 1941)

El Harym, Y., Belqat, B. & Korneyev, V. A., 2020, The Fruit Flies Of Morocco: New Records Of The Tephritinae (Diptera, Tephritidae), Zoodiversity 54 (6), pp. 439-452 : 445

Urophora quadrifasciata algerica (Hering, 1941) ( fig. 6 )

Euribia algerica Hering, 1941 ; Urophora algerica (Hering, 1941)

Material examined. Middle Atlas: Douar Oulad Abdoune, 17.05.2017, from Centaurea aspera , 05.06.2017, 1 ♀ ; 1 Ơ; Mlakite , 09.06.2017, 1 Ơ, 2 ♀ ; Tirra , 09.06.2017, 3 Ơ, 3 ♀ ; Douar Oulad Amar , 10.06.2017, 1 Ơ (net sweepinp); 12.06.2017, 1 ♀ ; idem, reared from Centaurea aspera L., 16.06.2017, 2 ♀ ; Tihli , 16.06.2017, 1 ♀ ; reared from Centaurea calcitrapa L., 17.06.2017, 1 ♀; Douar Oulad Amar , reared from Centaurea aspera L., 17.06.2017, 1 Ơ (El Harym) .

Host plants. In this study, the host plants were Centaurea aspera L. and C. calcitrapa L. ( fig. 6 ). Centaurea nicaeensis All. and possibly other starthistles of the subgenera Centaurea (Seridia Juss.) and Centaurea (Solstitiaria Hill.) (Cardueae) also have been recorded ( White & Korneyev, 1989).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Italy, Southern France, Spain, ( White & Korneyev, 1989; Norrbom et al., 1999; Heřman & Dirlbek, 2006). Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco (first record).

Figures

Fig. 6. Urophora quadrifasciata algerica: a — female habitus, lateral view; b — female genitalia, aculeus apex; d–e — host plants (d — Centaurea aspera, e — Ce. calcitrapa).