Platystoma dimidiatum Hendel, 1913

Evstigneev, D. A. & Glukhova, N. V., 2020, First records of two species of Tephritidae and one species of Platystomatidae (Diptera) from Transcaucasia, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 29 (1), pp. 155-161 : 160

Platystoma dimidiatum Hendel, 1913

( Figs. 16–24 )

Material examined. Armenia, Aragatsotn Prov., Mount Arteni , near the top, mountain side facing Arevut Vill., 15.VII.2019, 1 female .

Comments. This species is recorded from Armenia and Transcaucasia at large for the first time. The diagnostic characters of P. dimidiatum are illustrated in Figs 16–24 . Before capture, the fly was resting on a stone, then flew up and down before returning to the stone.

Figures

Figs 16–24. Platystoma dimidiatum, female. 16 – habitus; 17 – wing; 18 – head (in lateral view); 19 – head (in anterior view); 20 – head and thorax (in dorsal view); 21 – ovipositor (in dorsal view); 22 – aculeus; 23 – apical part of aculeus; 24 – spermatheca.