A New Species of the Genus Tephritis (Diptera, Tephritidae) with Shining Abdominal Tergites from Kyrgyzstan

Korneyev, S. V.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/vzoo-2017-0019

Abstract

Tephritis heringinella sp. n. associated with Helichrysum sp. (Asteraceae) in Kyrgyzstan is described. Th e new species share shiny black abdominal tergites with species of Tephritis corolla-sauterina group and the species currently assigned to Heringina Aczel, differing from the Tephritis corolla-sauterina group by the details of wing pattern and from Heringina spp. also with the aculeus shape. Possible phylogenetic relationships of Tephritis heringinella and Heringina are discussed.

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