Urophora mauritanica Macquart, 1851

Knio, Khouzama M., Kalash, Sameer H. & White, Ian M., 2002, Flowerhead-infesting fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) on thistles (Asteraceae), in Lebanon, Journal of Natural History 36 (5), pp. 617-629 : 626

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930010023448

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scientific name

Urophora mauritanica Macquart, 1851
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Urophora mauritanica Macquart, 1851 View in CoL

5 U. macrura (Loew, 1855) .

Found at 400± 980 m. ex Carthamus tenuis : 1M and 5F, Kousba, Koura Co. (North Lebanon). ex C. syriacum : 5M and 8F, El Khraizat, West Beqaa Co. (Beqaa Valley); 8M and 5F, Rayak, Zahleh Co. (Beqaa Valley).

Urophora mauritanica View in CoL was found in the ®eld from July to September. It is a specialist on Carthamus spp. and its distribution in Asia includes Israel and Turkey ( Freidberg, 1974; Neuenschwander and Freidberg, 1983; Foote, 1984; Freidberg and Kugler, 1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tephritidae

Genus

Urophora

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