New data on the distribution and host plants of tephritid fies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Armenia and selected regions of Russia

Abstract

Urophora cuspidata (Meigen, 1826) and Tephritis nozarii Mohamadzade, 2012 are recorded for the frst time for Armenia, and the latter species for the frst time for Transcaucasia. Centaurea pseudoscabiosa glehnii (Trautv.) Wagenitz and Cousinia fedorovii Takhtajan are identifed as new host plants of Urophora cuspidata and Tephritis nozarii, respectively. First records for selected areas of Russia are presented: Urophora cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) for Samara Region and Mordovia, U. cuspidata for North Ossetia, Mordovia and Samara Region, Oxyna favipennis (Loew, 1844) for Nizhny Novgorod Region and Mordovia, O. parietina (Linnaeus, 1758) for Mordovia, Merzomyia westermanni (Meigen, 1826) for Saratov Region.

Keywords

• tephritidae
• new distribution records
• host plants
• armenia
• russia