Myopites blotii Brébisson, 1827

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 : 351

Myopites blotii Brébisson, 1827 *( figs 1 , a–g, j)

Myopites inulaedyssentericae auctt. (pro parte); Myopites apicatus Freidberg, 1980 .

Material. Karlovac: Modruš: bei Autobahn, 14.08.2021, 1 Ơ, bei Senj Strasse, 03.08.2021, 1 ♀ (Kovac leg.) ( SMNF) .

R e m a r k s. Revision of the genus Myopites Blot (Korneyev et al., in prep.) has shown that M. blotii (also sometimes reported as M. inulaedyssentericae Blot ) associated with Pulicaria dysenterica in Western to Southern Europe and the Near East and M. inulae associated with Pentanema ensifolium, Pe. hirtum , and Pe. salicinum are different species. They were hitherto confused in most catalogues, keys and revisions of Palaearctic Tephritidae . Synonymy will be explained and justified in the forthcoming revision (Korneyev et al., in prep.).

Figures

Fig. 1. Myopites blotii Ơ (a–c, j), ♀ (d–g) and M. inulae Ơ (h, i, k): a, d, h — habitus right; b — habitus dorsal; e, i — abdomen dorsal; f — aculeus; g — aculeus apex, enlarged; j, k — wing. Scale bar 0.1 mm.