Published December 1, 2017 | Version v1

Rhagoletis bagheera Richter & Kandybina 1997

Description

Rhagoletis bagheera Richter & Kandybina, 1997 (figs 5, 2, 7, 7)

Rhagoletis bagheera Richter & Kandybina, 1997: 915.

Material. Paratypes 1 Ơ, 1 ♀: Armenia: Asni, Vedi Distr., 5.08.1965, (V. Richter) (SIZK).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Armenia, E Georgia.

Host plant. Rhamnus pallasii (Rhamnaceae) (Richter & Kandybina, 1997).

Remarks. This species can be recognized among the related Western Palaearctic species (R. batava, R. flavigenualis, R. sp. near flavigenualis) by the combination of black femora, smaller size, and different host plant.

4 — R. flavicincta; 5 — R. zernyi; 6 — R. flavigenualis; 7 — R. bagheera; 8 — R. batava.

Notes

Published as part of Korneyev, V. A., Mishustin, R. I. & Korneyev, S. V., 2017, The Carpomyini Fruit Flies Diptera: Tephritidae Of Europe Caucasus And Middle East: New Records Of Pests With Improved Keys, pp. 453-470 in Vestnik Zoologii 51 (6) on pages 462-463, DOI: 10.2478/vzoo-2017-0056, http://zenodo.org/record/6454431

Files

Files (1.3 kB)

Name Size
md5:65931c373767a689b7a1b22ad863d3b8
1.3 kB Download

System files (14.0 kB)

Name Size
md5:a1e224e07688c366d53bf1fe22830f0c
14.0 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
V, SIZK
Event date
1965-08-05
Verbatim event date
1965-08-05
Scientific name authorship
Richter & Kandybina
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Rhagoletis
Species
bagheera
Taxon rank
species
Type status
paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Rhagoletis bagheera Richter, 1997 sec. Korneyev, Mishustin & Korneyev, 2017

References

  • Richter, V. A. & Kandybina, M. N. 1997. A new species of the fruit flies of the genus Rhagoletis (Diptera, Tephritidae) from Transcaucaucasia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 76 (4), 914 - 920.