Tephritis maccus Hering

Namin, Saeed Mohamadzade, Korneyev, Severyn V., Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad & Gilasian, Ebrahim, 2015, Revision of the Tephritis maccus species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) with description of a new species from Iran, Zootaxa 3956 (4), pp. 589-599 : 596

Tephritis maccus Hering

(Figs. 8, 28–32)

Tephritis maccus Hering 1937: 256 ( France) .

Tephritis maccus virgulata Hering 1961: 329 ( Afghanistan) ; Korneyev & Dirlbek, 2001 ( Iraq; Kyrghyzia): 471.

Material examined. Type material. Holotype (female): France: Pyrenees-Orientales: Vernet, in June ( ZMHU); Non-type: Iran: 5 km North East Abali, 35°50.304' N, 51°58.980' E, 2360 m, 29.viii.2008, 1♀ (Mohamadzade) ( SMNC); Kyrgyzstan: Alai range, Kichik-Alai ridge, Isfairam-Sai basin, 45 km S of Kyzyl-Kiya, 1800–3000 m a.s.l., 11.vii.1999, 1♀ (Korneyev & Kameneva) ( SMNC); Talas Ridge, h= 1500–2000 m, Kara-Bura valley, 43 km from Kok-Sai, 42°23.0' N 71°37.6' E, 28.vi.1998, 1♀ (Korneyev & Kameneva) ( SIZK); Alai, Kichik-Alai ridge, Isfairam-Sai basin, 45 km S of Kyzyl-Kiya, 1800–3000 m a.s., 05.vii.1999, 1♀; 08.vii.1999, 1♂; 11.vii.1999, 1♂, 1♀; 30.vii.1999, 1♀; 31.vii.1999, 1♂ (Korneyev & Kameneva) ( SIZK).

Distribution. Spain, France, Italy, Kyrghyzstan and Afghanistan ( Norrbom et al. 1999).

Measurements. Holotype: WL. 3.9 mm, AL. 0.72 mm.

Diagnosis. Tephritis maccus is similar to T. gharalii and T. azari which have similar wing patterns, pointed flagellomere 1, short oviscape, relatively blunt aculeus, with short acute apex, and similar spermathecae shape. T. maccus differs in that the brown ray of cell dm basal to the level of r-m is narrow and reaches the middle of cell cu1, whereas in T. azari this ray is absent or usually reaches only the mid-width of cell dm, at most reaching Cu1 (Fig. 8), and in T. gharalii this ray is thick and penetrates into cu1. In addition, in T. maccus and T. azari cell r1 has two hyaline spots beyond pterostigma in males (the larger spot penetrates into r2+3) and one hyaline spot in females, but in T. gharalii both sexes have only one hyaline spot in cell r1 that at most reaches to R2+3. Detailed studies of the specimens collected in Kyrgyzstan shown that they belong to T. maccus . The structure of the ovum is similar to other Tephritis species.