New and confirmed records of fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) from Italy

Luca Mazzon

doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e69351

New and confirmed records of fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) from Italy

Citation

Mazzon L (2021). New and confirmed records of fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) from Italy. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e69351 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-08.

Description

Prior to this study, 141 species of Tephritidae were known to occur in Italy.Italian records of nine species of the family Tephritidae (Diptera) are provided. Five species, Eurasimona stigma (Loew, 1840), Noeeta bisetosa Merz, 1992, Campiglossa doronici (Loew, 1856), Xyphosia laticauda (Meigen, 1826), and Rhagoletis berberidis Jermy, 1961, are recorded from Italy for the first time, whereas four species, Inuromaesa maura (Frauenfeld, 1857), Urophora cuspidata (Meigen, 1826), Tephritis conyzifoliae Merz, 1992, and T. mutabilis Merz, 1992, previously recorded in the Fauna Europaea database without reference to collection material, are confirmed and supplemented with host plant data and other collection data.

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Luca Mazzon
originator
position: Prof
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua
Padua
IT
email: lmazzon@unipd.it

Luca Mazzon
metadata author
position: Prof
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua
Padua
IT
email: lmazzon@unipd.it

Luca Mazzon
administrative point of contact
position: Prof
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua
Padua
IT
email: lmazzon@unipd.it