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 3990 1 97 112 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.5 80528b3b-c20e-4d80-a251-c5c575de9030 1175-5326 254284 D0E4DA16-2B10-4A53-A147-E241BF9C64FD Urophora impicta ( Hering 1942 ) ( Figs. 25–29 ) Euribia impicta Hering 1942: 326 ; Urophora impicta Foote 1984: 127 ; Korneyev & White 1993: 95 ; Norrbom et al. 1999: 242 . Urophora hermonis Freidberg 1974: 69 ; White & Korneyev 1989: 350 ; 1999: 469 ; Norrbom et al. 1999: 242 , new synonym . Material examined. Iran : 1♀, East Azerbaijan : Ajabshir, 1788m , 37°33'N , 45°58'E , 09.viii.2010 , Gharejedaghi; 1♀, East Azerbaijan : Ajabshir, Huri, 1750m , 37°32'N , 45°50'E , 01.iv.2010 , Gharejedaghi; 23♂ , 10♀, West Azerbaijan : Ziveh, 10km W Ziveh, swept from Cousinia sp., 2630m , 37°08'N , 44°52'E , 25.vi.2011 , Mohamadzade; 4♀, Ziveh, 10km W Ziveh, swept from Cousinia sp., 2630m , 37°08'N , 44°52'E , 18.vi.2014 , Mohamadzade; 2♂ , 3♀, Qazvin, Taleghan, 5km E Khoznan, swept from Cousinia sp., 2150m , 36°06'N , 50°39'E , 05.vi.2014 , Mohamadzade & S. Korneyev; Israel : 4♂ , 4♀, Mount Hermon 2000m , 29.v.2000 , Korneyev & Kameneva ( SIZK and SMNC ). Turkmenistan : 2♂ , 2♀, Kopetdagh, Chuli, from flower heads of Cousinia eryngioides , 25.iv.1975 (emergence date not given) (l ♀ dissected), Dyakonchuk ( SIZK ). FIGURES 19–24 . Urophora iani 19. Total view, right, Holotype ♀. 20. Mesonotum. 21. Wing. 22. Aculeus. 23. Aculeus tip. 24. Head in profile. FIGURES 25–29 . Urophora impicta 25. Total view, left, ♀. 26. Mesonotum. 27. Head in profile. 28. Aculeus. 29. Aculeus tip. Redescription. Head. Length: height: width ratio = 1: 1.33: 1.6. First flagellomere 1.6 times as long as wide. Compound eye 1.2 times as high as long. Gena 1.6 times as high as length of first flagellomere. ( Fig. 27 ). Legs Mostly yellow; in specimens from altitudes above 2000m all femora black basally, but in specimens from lowlands (less than 2000m ) legs completely yellow except fore femur with black stripe posterodorsally ( Fig. 25 ). Wing. Hyaline. Distance between crossveins r-m and dm-cu 1.2 times as long as crossvein dm-cu ( Fig. 25 ). Terminalia. Aculeus tip with one pair of distinct preapical steps, distance between apices at the level of preapical steps twice as long as distance between their apices to aculeus tip; apex without notch ( Figs. 28–29 ). Tergite 5 of male as long as three preceding tergites. Measurements . ♂: BL = 4.5–5.5 mm (average 4.8), WL = 4–4.5 mm (average 4.25); ♀: BL = 8–10 mm (average 9.4) WL = 4.3–5.25mm (average 4.8), AL = 3.4–4.2 mm (average 4), AL/WL = 0.7–0.85 (average 0.74) (n = 10). Distribution. Russia (Volgograd), Israel , Iran , Turkmenistan and Afghanistan ( Freidberg 1974 ; Norrbom et al . 1999 ; Korneyev & White 1999 ; Gharali et al . 2008 ). Host plant. Cousinia hermonis Boiss. ( Freidberg 1974 ) ; C. eryngioides Boiss. ( Korneyev & White 2000 ) . Discussion. White & Korneyev (1989) and Korneyev & White (1993) redescribed both nominal species based on type or topotypic specimens and noted that they differ only in femora coloration (widely black basally in U. hermonis , yellow with fore femur striped black posterodorsally in U. impicta ). Specimens from higher altitudes (more than 2000m ) from throughout the range appear have leg color similar to specimens from Israel and appear to be darker morphs of U. impicta , otherwise showing no essential differences. I therefore consider these two names to be synonyms.