A new species of Tephritis Latreille (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Turkey

Authors

MURAT KÜTÜK
NESLİHAN BAYRAK
RÜSTEM HAYAT

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1003-108

Abstract

Tephritis ozaslani sp. nov. is described from Artvin Province of Turkey and placed in the T. pulchra species group. The key to the T. pulchra group is provided, which includes 9 species. The main characters that distinguish the new species from the closely resembling Palaearctic species, T. cometa israilis Freidberg, T. acanthiophilopsis Hering, T. erdemlii Kütük, T. divisa Rondani, T. recurrens Loew, T. merzi Freidberg & Kütük, and T. hurvitzi Freidberg, are discussed. In addition, Inula oculus christi L. (Asteraceae) is determined as a host plant of the new species.

Keywords

New species, Tephritis, Tephritidae, Turkey

First Page

475

Last Page

480

Recommended Citation

KÜTÜK, MURAT; BAYRAK, NESLİHAN; and HAYAT, RÜSTEM (2012) "A new species of Tephritis Latreille (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 36: No. 4, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1003-108
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol36/iss4/6