Tephritis fallax (Loew, 1844)

Kovac, D., Kameneva, E. P. & Korneyev, V. A., 2022, A Review Of Tephritidae And Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) Of Croatia, Zoodiversity 56 (5), pp. 349-372 : 358

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2022.05.349
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scientific name	Tephritis fallax (Loew, 1844)
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Tephritis fallax (Loew, 1844) View in CoL * ( figs 3 View Fig , c–e)

Material. Karlovac: Modruš: Richtung Senj Strasse (“Insektenzoo”), 05.06.2022, 1 ♀ (Kovac leg.)

( SMNF).

R e m a r k s. Larvae infest flower heads of Leontodon hispidus (Asteraceae) ( Merz, 1994). Tephritis fallax can be easily recognized from closely related species with similar wing patterns by its black setulose abdominal tergites ( fig. 3 View Fig , e).

References

Merz, B. 1994. Diptera: Tephritidae. Insecta Helvetica Fauna. HE press, Geneva, 10, 1 - 198.

Figures

Fig. 3. Tephritis conura (a–b) and T. fallax ♀ (c–e): a — head and thorax right; b, c — wing; d — habitus right; e — abdomen dorsal.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Tephritidae
Genus	Tephritis

Specimens