Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)

Evstigneev, D. A. & Przhiboro, A. A., 2021, New records of flies of the genus Tephritis (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the Caucasus and Transcaucasia, with notes on other tephritid species, Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 30 (1), pp. 13-24 : 16-18

Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)

( Figs 44–47 )

Material examined. Russia, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Cherek Distr., 3 km SE of Verkhnyaya Balkariya Vill ., “bog 2” on slope of left bank of Kurnoyatsu River , 43.09834°N 43.47776°E, 1810 m, Sphagnum fuscum habitat, net-sweeping, 24.IX.2018, 1 female , same locality, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 1 male, “bog 1” on slope of left bank of Kurnoyatsu River , 43.10062°N 43.48418°E, 1776 m, Sphagnum magellanicum habitat, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 2 females, wet habitat on lake shore, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 1 male, “bog 3” on slope of left bank of Kurnoyatsu River , 43.09714°N 43.47950°E, 1836 m, Sphagnum floating shores of lake, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 1 male, coll. A.A. Przhiboro; Republic of NorthOssetia–Alania, Irafskiy Distr., West Digoria : upper (small) bog, 100 m E of Tana glade, 1 km W of Kubus Mt ., 42.89350°N 43.57733°E, 2080 m, yellow plates, 12–14.IX.2018, 1 male, same locality, lower (large) bog, 42.89350°N 43.57733°E, 2077 m, yellow plates, 12–14.IX.2018 , 1 male, coll. A. A. Przhiboro; Chefandzar mire in Urukh River valley , 42.91867°N 43.51493°E, 2289 m, net-sweeping, evening, 18.IX.2018, 1 female, coll. A.A. Przhiboro ; Vladikavkaz, Nizhniy Lars Vill. , 1 male reared 19.VIII.2020 from capitula of Leontodon sp. collected on 7.VIII.2020, coll. D.A. Evstigneev.

Distribution. Throughout the Palaearctic ( White, 1988; Merz, 1994).

Comments. This species develops in capitula of a wide range of Asteraceae ( Richter, 1965; Kameneva & V. Korneyev, 1987; White, 1988; Merz, 1994). We reared E. sonchi from Leontodon , a typical host plant of this species. The diagnostic characters of this species are illustrated in Figs 44–47 ; they are in agreement with the previously known characters.

Figures

Figs 40–47. Sphenella marginata (40–43) and Ensina sonchi (44–47), details of female (40–42, 45–46) and male (43, 44, 47). 40, female wing; 41, 45, aculeus; 42, 46, distal part of aculeus (magnified); 43, 47, glans of phallus; 44, male wing.