New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera) 2398
Author
Norrbom, Allen L.
Author
Sutton, Bruce D.
Author
Steck, Gary J.
Author
Monzón, José
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-03-12
2398
1
65
journal article
11755334
Trupanea pseudovicina
Hering
Distribution.
The record below from
Guatemala
is a considerable extension of the previously known distribution of this species,
United States
(
Arizona
,
California
,
Colorado
,
Kansas
,
New Mexico
,
Oklahoma
,
Texas
), which was mapped by
Foote et al. (1993)
.
Biology.
The only previously reported host plants for
T. pseudovicina
are
Bebbia juncea
(Benth.) Greene (
Wasbauer 1972
)
, considered an erroneous record by
Goeden & Teerink (1998)
, and
Porophyllum gracile
Benth.
(
Wasbauer 1972
,
Goeden & Teerink 1998
). We reared it from
Porophyllum ruderale
(Jacq.) Cass.
(
Asteraceae
:
Tageteae
) (
Figs. 123–125
) in
Guatemala
. The larvae develop in the flowerhead.
Material examined.
GUATEMALA
:
Zacapa
:
Santa Cruz - San Lorenzo Road
, thorn scrub - oak forest transition,
15.04702°N
89.66871°W
,
626 m
, emerged
28 Nov–9 Dec 2007
reared ex flowerheads of
Porophyllum ruderale
(07G19) collected
15 Nov 2007
,
B.D. Sutton
,
G.J. Steck
,
A.L. Norrbom
, J.
Monzón
,
2♂
1♀
(
FSCA
)
,
3♂
4♀
(
USNM
USNMENT00671395-402
)
,
1♂
1♀
(
UVG
)
.