Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958

Korneyev, V. A., Mishustin, R. I. & Korneyev, S. V., 2017, The Carpomyini Fruit Flies Diptera: Tephritidae Of Europe Caucasus And Middle East: New Records Of Pests With Improved Keys, Vestnik Zoologii 51 (6), pp. 453-470 : 463

Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958 ( figs 7 , 8)

Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958: 2 ; Rohdendorf, 1961: 183; Kandybina, 1977: 145; White & Elson-Harris, 1992: 388; Merz, 2001: 92; Norrbom et al., 1999: 200; Smit, 2010: 129.

Material. The Netherlands: Hompelvoet, Z.H., 10, 18.08.2000, 3 Ơ, 3 ♀ (B. v. Aartsen) ; Kyrgyzstan: on

Hippophae rhamnoides , numerous specimens; Asian Russia: Altai, numerous specimens ( SIZK) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. The Netherlands, Switzerland (?); Spain (?); Russia: Northern Caucasus; Altai, Tyva; Kyrgyzstan.

H o s t p l a n t. Hippophae rhamnoides (Elaeagnaceae) ( Kandybina, 1977).

Remarks. This species can be recognized among the related western Palaearctic species ( R. bagheera , R. flavigenualis , R. sp. near flavigenualis ) by the combination of black femora, slightly larger size (WL = 3.5–4), and different host plant ( Hippophae rhamnoides rather than Rhamnus or Juniperus ). We have seen no material from Switzerland or Spain, and records from these countries need verification by reexamination of specimens.

Figures

Fig. 7. Rhagoletis spp. wings: 1 — R. obsoleta, Myhiia; 2 — R. sp. near obsoleta, Mt. Hermon; 3 — R. completa;