The fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Madeira archipelago with the description of a new Oedosphenella Frey
Author
Penado, Andreia
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, PT- 1749 - 016 Lisbon, Portugal
Author
Smit, John
European Invertebrate Survey-the Netherlands / Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, the Netherlands https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1568 - 5183
Author
Aguiar, António Franquinho
Laboratório de Qualidade Agrícola, Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural, PT- 9135 - 372 Camacha, Madeira, Portugal & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9572 - 2967
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Cravo, Délia
Laboratório de Qualidade Agrícola, Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural, PT- 9135 - 372 Camacha, Madeira, Portugal & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1804 - 9665
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Rego, Carla
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, PT- 1749 - 016 Lisbon, Portugal & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8005 - 4508
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Santos, Renata
Tagis-Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal, PT- 7480 - 152 Avis, Portugal. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2026 - 0702 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of Azores, PT- 9700 - 042 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9087 - 091 X
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Boieiro, Mário
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-13
4810
3
559
575
journal article
9283
10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.11
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Ensina decisa
Wollaston, 1858
Material examined
.
Madeira
:
Calheta
(
1 female
)
;
Encumeada
(
2 females
,
4 males
)
;
Folhadal
(
1 female
)
;
Rabaçal
(
2 females
,
1 male
)
;
Porto
Santo:
Morenos
(
1 female
)
; Pico Branco (
1 male
);
Serra de Fora
(
3 females
,
6 males
)
.
Desertas
:
Castanheira
(
6 females
,
6 males
)
;
Doca
(
1 male
)
; Ilhéu Chão (
60 females
,
126 males
).
Remarks.
One of the few representatives of its genus,
E. decisa
is endemic to
Madeira
and Canary archipelagos (
Smit 2006
). It is distributed throughout
Madeira
archipelago from dry habitats to preserved laurel forests.
Ensina decisa
attacks
Hypochaeris glabra
in
Madeira
(
Smit 2006
), but in the Canary Islands the host plants are unknown (
Merz 1992
). Therefore,
E. decisa
might have a wider range of host plants. This species was found for the first time in Desertas, where it was recorded in high abundance on Ilhéu Chão.