Rhagoletis bagheera Richter & Kandybina, 1997

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 : 462-463

Rhagoletis bagheera Richter & Kandybina, 1997 ( figs 5 , 2 , 7, 7 )

Rhagoletis bagheera Richter & Kandybina, 1997: 915 .

Material. Paratypes 1 Ơ, 1 ♀: Armenia: Asni , Vedi Distr., 5.08.1965, ( V. Richter) ( SIZK) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Armenia, E Georgia.

Host plant. Rhamnus pallasii (Rhamnaceae) ( Richter & Kandybina, 1997).

Remarks. This species can be recognized among the related Western Palaearctic species ( R. batava , R. flavigenualis , R. sp. near flavigenualis ) by the combination of black femora, smaller size, and different host plant.

4 — R. flavicincta ; 5 — R. zernyi ; 6 — R. flavigenualis ; 7 — R. bagheera ; 8 — R. batava .

Figures

Fig. 5. Rhagoletis spp. mesonotums (1–8), dorsal view, and head (2), lateral view: 1 — R. completa; 2 — R. bagheera; 3 — R. berberidis; 4 — R. cerasi; 5 — R. flavicincta; 6 — R. flavigenualis; 7 — R. obsoleta, Myhiia; 8 — R. sp. near obsoleta, Mt. Hermon.

Fig. 2. Carpomya spp. heads, left lateral view: 1 — C. (Goniglossum) liat; 2 — C. (Myiopardalis) pardalina; 3 — C. (s. str.) incompleta; 4 — C. (s. str.) schineri.

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