Revision of the Urophora xanthippe species group, with description of new species (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Author
Namin, Saeed Mohamadzade
Author
Nozari, Jamasb
text
Zootaxa
2015
2015-07-23
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.5
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1175-5326
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Genus
Urophora
Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 769
.
Type
species:
Musca cardui
Linnaeus 1758
by designation of Westwood (1840).
Diagnosis
. The most comprehensive concept of the genus and its detailed diagnosis were proposed by
Freidberg & Norrbom (1999: 610)
, and are not repeated here.
Freidberg & Norrbom (1999)
listed 57 species occurring almost exclusively in the Palaearctic Region, with one species described from
Taiwan
and several species introduced to North
America
and
Australia
as weed biocontrol agents. The same year,
Korneyev & White (1999)
reconsidered some synonymies. Later,
Kütük (2006
,
2009
) and
Mohamadzade Namin & Nozari (2011)
described three additional species from
Turkey
and
Iran
. Before this study, 61 valid nominal species were recognized in the genus
Urophora
.