Myopites Blot, 1827

Zarghani, E., Khaghaninia, S., Namin, S. Mohamadzade, Karimpour, Y. & Korneyev, V. A., 2016, First Records Of The Friut Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) In The Fauna Of Iran, Vestnik Zoologii 50 (2), pp. 123-134 : 126

Genus Myopites Blot, 1827

D i a g n o s t i c c h a r a c t e r s. Proboscis with extermely long haustellum and labellum ( fig. 5 , a); ventral part of face of variable shape: in Mediterranean species strongly protrudent ( fig. 5 ), in south-eastern Iranian M. flavovaria ( Becker, 1908) not protrudent at all; wing hyaline with five broken crossbands ( fig. 6 ), rarely hyaline; vein M ending at or anteriorly of wing apex ( fig. 6 , b); cell r 4+5 narrowed in apical portion. Male abdomen with narrow tergites and pleural membrane visible from above. Glans very long, 10–12 times as long as wide, apically with remnants of apico-dorsal rod. Hitherto, only one species was known to occur in Iran: M. flaviventris from Sistan (= Nearomyia flavovaria Becker ) ( Becker, 1908).

Figures

Fig. 1–6. Flies of the tribe Myopitini (1–2, 4–6): (1, 2, 4 — habitus, left; 5 — head, left, enlarged; 6 — wing): 1 — Eurasimona stigma, ♀; 2 — Inuromaesa maura, ♀, 3 — its host plant, Inula salicina, ♀; 4–6 — Myopites inulaedyssentericae.