New data on Tephritidae (Diptera) from Armenia and Russia
D.A. Evstigneev
& N.S. Boyko
Abstract. New data on the morphology, distribution and host plants are provided for several species of tephritid flies. Urophora xanthippe (Munro, 1934) is recorded for the first time from Russia and U. doganlari Kütük, 2006, from Armenia; U. kasachstanica (Richter, 1964) is recorded for the first time for the Volgograd and Samara provinces of Russia. The details of the male genitalia not included in the descriptions of U. doganlari, U. kasachstanica, U. terebrans (Loew, 1844), and U. xanthippe are figured. Centaurea polypodiifolia Boiss. is recorded for the first time as a host plant of U. doganlari. Jurinea squarrosa Fisch. et C.A. Mey. and Scorzonera rigida Auch. ex DC. are new hosts of Acanthiophilus helianthi (Rossi, 1794) and Trupanea stellata (Fuessly, 1775), respectively. Onopordum armenum Grossh. is a new host plant of Tephritis postica (Loew, 1844).
Key words: Armenia, Russia, diagnostic characters, host plants, Diptera, Tephritidae, new records
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2025, 34(1): 46–53 ▪ Published online 9 March 2025
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2025.34.1.46 ▪ Open full article 
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Figs 36-39. Host plants of Tephritidae from Russia and Armenia. 36, Rhaponticum repens (Russia, Volgograd Province, Elton Village, 21.VIII.2016); 37, Jurinea squarrosa (Armenia, Shirak Province, near Krashen Village, 23.VII.2023); 38, Onopordum armenum (Armenia, Vayots Dzor Province, Mozrov Village, 18.VII.2018); 39, Scorzonera rigida (Armenia, Vayots Dzor Province, near Martiros Village, 23.VII.2022).
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