Revision of the Terellia virens Group (Diptera, Tephritidae) with Description of Three New Species

Abstract

The Terellia virens group includes eight species of uniformly greenish flies with white setulose abdomens and hyaline wings, variable in the characters of the male and female terminalia. Three new species are described and illustrated: Terellia freidbergi sp. n. from Middle and Near East, from flower heads of Centaurea behen L., T. ivannikovi V. Korneyev et Evstigneev, sp. n. from European Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, breeding in flower heads of Ce. chartolepis Greuter, and T. whitei V. Korneyev et Mohamadzade, sp. n. reared from flower heads of Cousinia spp. in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Iran. Illustrated diagnoses or redescriptions of other species and a key to the species of Terellia with hyaline wings and white setulose abdominal tergites are given.

First checklist of the fruit flies of Morocco, including new records (Diptera, Tephritidae)

“…Morocco, High Atlas: Jbel Ayachi (White 1989), Tizi-n-Talrhemt (Korneyev et al 2013). First record for the Anti Atlas.…”

“…Tunisia, Albania, Afghanistan, Austria, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Rep., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, USA (Séguy 1930, Kütük and Yaran 2011, Gharajedaghi et al 2012, Korneyev et al 2013). …”

Evaluation of spermatheca morphology and systematics of some Terellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Tephritidae) species

“…There are few published studies on the surface morphology of spermatheca compared to studies on egg morphology. There are some studies and descriptions about spermatheca structures of some Terellia species using light microscope (Korneyev, 2006;Korneyev et al, 2013;Zarghani et al, 2017). Surface morphology of spermatheca of genus Terellia has not been examined using electron microscope.…”

“…Spermathecal structure of Terellia has been examined using light microscope. Korneyev et al (2013) has presented light microscope images of Terellia virens (Loew, 1846) group species and Zarghani et al (2017) light microscope images of Terellia amberboae Korneyev & Merz, 1996 group species. In this study, the ultrastructure of the spermatheca in Terellia species (Tephritidae) is described for the first time using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).…”

Two new records of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) for the fauna ofAksaray and Mersin provinces

“…Dioxyna sororcula and Terellia ivannikovi Korneyev et al, 2013 are recorded for the first time from Turkey. Species are listed in alphabetical order.…”