Rhagoletis flavigenualis Hering, 1958

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, Vestnik Zoologii 51 (6), pp. 453-470 : 466

Rhagoletis flavigenualis Hering, 1958 ( figs 5 , 6; 7, 6)

Rhagoletis flavigenualis Hering, 1958: 3 ; Rohdendorf, 1961: 186; White & Elson-Harris, 1992: 388; Korneyev & Merz, 1997: 57; Norrbom et al., 1999: 201; Mohamadzade & Rasoulian, 2009: 84. — Rhagoletis zernyi: Rohdendorf, 1936: 5 ; Zaitzev, 1947: 6 (misidentification).

Mat e r i a l. Kyrgyzstan: Ysyk-Köl Region : Terskey Alatau Mts, ex Juniperus sabina , 1 Ơ (M. Kandybina); Kyrghyz Alatau Mts., 42.36 N, 73.87 E, 5– 7.08.1998 , 2 Ơ, 1 ♀ (E. Kameneva & V. Korneyev); Kazakhstan: Aksu- Djabagly Natural Reserve , ex Juniperus seravhanica , 5.08.1984, 17.08.1984, 15.09.1984 , 5 Ơ (Fisechko) ( SIZK); Turkmenistan: Kopet-Dagh between Firyuza and [Iranian] border, 23.09.1930

(L. Bianchi) (ZISP).

Distribution. Georgia, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.

Ho s t pl ant s. Juniper excelsa M. Bieb. , J. seravschanica Kom. , J. semiglobosa Rgl. , J.sabina L., J. turkestanica Kom. (Cupressaceae) ( Kandybina, 1977; Smith & Bush, 1999).

Remarks. This species can be recognized among the related Western Palaearctic species ( R. bagheera , R. batava , R. sp. near flavigenualis ) by the combination of yellow femora (only hind femur usually brown in basal one-third), smaller size, and different host plant.

Figures

Fig. 5. Rhagoletis spp. mesonotums (1–8), dorsal view, and head (2), lateral view: 1 — R. completa; 2 — R. bagheera; 3 — R. berberidis; 4 — R. cerasi; 5 — R. flavicincta; 6 — R. flavigenualis; 7 — R. obsoleta, Myhiia; 8 — R. sp. near obsoleta, Mt. Hermon.