Revision of the Tephritis maccus species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) with description of a new species from Iran Author Namin, Saeed Mohamadzade Author Korneyev, Severyn V. Author Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad Author Gilasian, Ebrahim text Zootaxa 2015 3956 4 589 599 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.10 927becba-2cfd-46b3-96f8-1379e0b09ade 1175-5326 238693 1E5E6FF8-5CE1-46E2-9882-58D323FCF236 Tephritis sophus Gentilini & Korneyev (Fig. 9) Tephritis sophus Gentilini & Korneyev 2006 : 11 Distribution. Italy ( Gentilini & Korneyev 2006 ). Comments. T. sophus is a fossil species. It is similar to T. azari , T. maccus and T. gharalii in having radiate wing pattern, and similar aculeus shape, but like T. azari , the short brown ray in dm cell basal to the level of r-m reaches only the mid-width of cell dm or Cu1 (whereas this ray reaches the middle of cell cu 1 in T. maccus and T. gharalii ). T. sophus also differs from T. azari in having the brown area around the apex of R2+3 with a broad Ushaped spot (including the small hyaline spot at R2+3 apex) darker than the remaining pattern (Fig. 9). Both male and female with 2 hyaline spots in cell r1 ( Gentilini et al. , 2006 : Figs. 30–33, 36–38 ). The oviscape in this species is about as long as the preceding three abdominal tergites.