Rhagoletis zernyi Hendel, 1927

Korneyev, S. V., Smith, J. J., Hulbert, D. L., Frey, J. E. & Korneyev, V. A., 2022, A New Species Of Rhagoletis (Diptera, Tephritidae) From Switzerland, With Discussion Of Its Relationships Within The Genus, Zoodiversity 56 (1), pp. 1-20 : 15-16

Rhagoletis zernyi Hendel, 1927 ( fig. 1 , b)

Hendel, 1927: 76 (description, key); Merz & Blasco-Zumeta, 1995: 132 (host plant, distribution); Merz, 2001: 92 (checklist); Norrbom et al., 1999: 202 (catalogue); Korneyev et al., 2018 a: 468 (key, distribution).

Material. Spain: Monegros , Pina-de-Negro, 13.08.1992, 1 Ơ (Blasco-Zumeta) (Merz det., 1994) ( SIZK) .

Diagnosis. Rhagoletis zernyi can be differentiated from most species of Rhagoletis by the characters given for the juniperina group. It differs from the other species of that group by having yellow femora and the wing pattern with partially yellowish-brown discal and subapical bands that are broadly fused at anterior margin (other species have the wing pattern uniformly brown except R. flavigenualis , which has the discal and subapical bands separated ( fig. 1 , b)); male and female genitalia not examined. Abdomen black with posterior halves of tergites creamy or yellow. Body length 4.0– 4.8 mm; wing length Ơ = 3.5–3.6 mm.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Spain.

H o s t p l a n t s. Juniperus thurifera L. ( Merz & Blasco-Zumeta, 1995).

Figures

Fig. 1. Palearctic species of Rhagoletis species similar to R. merzi, wings: a — R. zernyi; b — R. flavigenualis; c — R. merzi, sp. n.; d — R. bagheera; e — R. batava. Bands are marked as follows: A — apical, D — discal, SA — subapical, SB — subbasal. Red arrow shows connection of D and SA; cyan arrow shows cr — crescentic hyaline area. Scale: 1 mm.