Schistopterum moebiusi BECKER, 1903

Soltanizadeh, Zohreh, Saghaei, Nazila & Ostovan, Hadi, 2015, A Contribution to the Fauna of Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Fars Province, Southern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 925-937 : 928

Schistopterum moebiusi BECKER, 1903

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 1♀: Fars, Naghsh e Rustam, 29º59’N, 52º25’E, 16.ix.2013, Malaise trap in alfalfa field. This is a new record and Schistopterum is a new genus for the fauna of Iran and Fars province.

H o s t r e c o r d s f r o m I r a n: Unknown.

H o s t s o u t s i d e I r a n: The larvae develop in flower heads of Pluchea dioscoridis (Asteraceae) (FREIDBERG & KUGLER 1989).

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Afrotropical Region, Near East, Arabian Peninsula, UAE ( MERZ, 2008).