Trupanea pseudovicina Hering

Norrbom, Allen L., Sutton, Bruce D., Steck, Gary J. & Monzón, José, 2010, New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera) 2398, Zootaxa 2398, pp. 1-65 : 59

Trupanea pseudovicina Hering

Distribution. The record below from Guatemala is a considerable extension of the previously known distribution of this species, United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), which was mapped by Foote et al. (1993).

Biology. The only previously reported host plants for T. pseudovicina are Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene ( Wasbauer 1972) , considered an erroneous record by Goeden & Teerink (1998), and Porophyllum gracile Benth. ( Wasbauer 1972, Goeden & Teerink 1998). We reared it from Porophyllum ruderale (Jacq.) Cass. ( Asteraceae : Tageteae ) ( Figs. 123–125) in Guatemala. The larvae develop in the flowerhead.

Material examined. GUATEMALA: Zacapa: Santa Cruz - San Lorenzo Road , thorn scrub - oak forest transition, 15.04702°N 89.66871°W, 626 m, emerged 28 Nov–9 Dec 2007 reared ex flowerheads of Porophyllum ruderale (07G19) collected 15 Nov 2007, B.D. Sutton, G.J. Steck, A.L. Norrbom, J. Monzón , 2♂ 1♀ ( FSCA) , 3♂ 4♀ ( USNM USNMENT00671395-402 ) , 1♂ 1♀ ( UVG) .