New records of flies of the genus Tephritis (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the Caucasus and Transcaucasia, with notes on other tephritid species Author Evstigneev, D. A. Author Przhiboro, A. A. text Zoosystematica Rossica 2021 Zoosyst. Rossica 2021-04-14 30 1 13 24 http://dx.doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.13 journal article 57161 10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.13 330aebee-95eb-4338-8033-5b391b007275 2410-0226 10124230 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:715EA4BA-7CAD-4459-B1A6-9F9E10AEAF16 Tephritis valida ( Loew, 1858 ) ( Figs 32–39 ) Material examined . Armenia , Vayots Dzor Prov. , Yeghegis Vill. , between Yeghegis River and asphalt road passing through village, 4 females and 3 males reared 28.VII.2019 from capitula of Inula helenium collected on 21.VII.2019 , 3 females reared 8.VIII.2019 from capitula of I. helenium collected on 21.VII.2019 , coll. D.A. Evstigneev. Russia : Republic of North Ossetia–Alania : Tarskoe bog, 2 km W of Tarskoe Vill. , 42.96311°N 44.72636°E , 800 m , 11.IX.2018 , net-sweeping, 1 female , coll. A.A. Przhiboro; Vladikavkaz , artificially destroyed bank of Terek River , 1 female and 2 males reared 15.VIII.2020 from capitula of Inula helenium collected on 6.VIII.2020 , 1 female and 7 males reared 19.VIII.2020 from capitula of I. helenium collected on 6.VIII.2020 , coll. D.A. Evstigneev; Kabardino-Balkarian Republic , 3 km SE of Verkhnyaya Balkariya Vill. , “bog 2” on slope at left bank of Kurnoyatsu River , 43.09834°N 43.47776°E , 1810 m , Sphagnum fuscum habitat, net-sweeping, 24.IX.2018 , 1 female , coll. A.A. Przhiboro. Distribution . Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Iran , Moldova , Russia (S. Korneyev, 2016c ), and Ukraine (S. Korneyev & Klasa, 2016 ; S. Korneyev, 2016c ). Comments . Here T. valida is listed for the first time from North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria. Inula helenium L. was recorded as the host plant of T. valida (S. Korneyev, 2016c ; S. Korneyev & V. Korneyev, 2019 ). The senior author reared T. valida in Armenia and North Ossetia from the same plant species. The diagnostic characters of this species are illustrated in Figs 32–39 . The wing pattern is typical of this species ( Figs 32–33 ), in particular, consisting of isolated dark spots at the apical parts of R 4+5 and M ; the apex of the aculeus is obtuse, with a faint apical impression ( Fig. 37 ). The glans of the phallus of T. valida ( Fig. 34 ) is illustrated for the first time; it is large, with a long membranous part (vesica).