Tephritis zernyi Hendel, 1927

Kovac, D., Kameneva, E. P. & Korneyev, V. A., 2022, A Review Of Tephritidae And Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) Of Croatia, Zoodiversity 56 (5), pp. 349-372 : 360

Tephritis zernyi Hendel, 1927 * ( fig. 5 )

Material. Karlovac: Modruš: “ Insektenzoo ”, 30.07.2021, 1 ♂; Draga , 11.06.2022, 1 ♀ ; Klette, ca. 2.8. geschluepft, reared from Arctium minus , 05.08.2021, 16 ♂, 12 ♀ ; Richtung “ Insektenzoo ”, 27.07.2021, 1 ♀ ; Richtung Klek, 02.06.2022, 4 ♂; Richtung Lug, 27.05.2022, 1 ♀ ; Richtung Senj Strasse (“ Insektenzoo ”), 21.05.2022, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ , 05.06.2022, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (Kovac leg.) ( SMNF) .

Remarks. Larvae infest flower heads of Arctium minus (Asteraceae) ( Merz, 1994; Diegisser et al., 2004:as“host-race of T. bardanae ”).It differs from closely related T. bardanae by the longer ovipositor (aculeus length>1.3) as well as more yellowish, sometimes entirely reddish-yellow body and base of cell dm with more developed wing pattern. In this study, some specimens also have been reared from A. minus .

Figures

Fig. 5. Tephritis zernyi: a — habitus right; b— wing; c — abdominal tergites 4–6 and oviscape dorsal.