Campiglossa absinthii (Fabricius, 1805)

Namin, S. Mohamadzade & Nozari, J., 2015, Fruit Flies Of The Genus Campiglossa (Diptera, Tephritidae) In Iran, With The Key To Species, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (3), pp. 251-260 : 252

Campiglossa absinthii (Fabricius, 1805) ( fig. 1–3 )

Material examined. East Azerbaijan: Aynalu ; 38°39'N 46°15' E, 1272 m, 2.06.2009, 1Ơ, 1♀ (Khaghaninia) .

Distribution. Iran: Mazandaran, East Azerbaijan; General: N. & Cent. Europe to Siberia; Israel, India, China and Taiwan ( Norrbom et al., 1999).

Diagnosis. Posterior notopleural, anepisternal, katepisternal, and anepimeral setae white, femora either entirely yellow ( fig. 1–2 ) or with basal one-third darkened; wing pattern rather pale, r 2+3 apex with one large spot, base of r 4+5 with large rounded spot; cell br with 2 hyaline rounded spots; stigma with one hyaline spot ( fig. 3 ). Phallus glans with thickened ovoid rostrum ( Korneyev, Ovtshinnikova, 2004: fig. 293, 3). Oviscape shorter than 3 preceding abdominal tergites.

Comments. This species is common in Europe, but very local in Iran. Larvae feed in flower heads of various wormwoods, first of all, absinth ( Artemisia absinthii L., A. vulgaris L.), which occur mainly in the North-Western Iran. See also comments on C. misella .

Figures

Fig. 1–3. C. absinthi. 1 — ♀, habitus, right; 2 — mesonotum, dorsally; 3 — wing (SIZK).