Tephritis conura explained

Tephritis conura is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic .^{[1] [2] [3]} The larvae feed on Cirsium heterophyllum and Cirsium oleraceum.^[4]

The species has been studied due to the presence of host races specializing on feeding on either of the thistle species C. heterophyllum or C. oleraceum.^[5] This is a possible example of an early stage of ecological speciation.

Distribution

United Kingdom & Scandinavia, South and East to Italy, Bulgaria & Caucasus.

Notes and References

1. [Fauna Europaea]
2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. .
3. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
4. Norrbom . A.L. . Carroll . L.E. . Thompson . F.C. . White . I.M . Freidberg . A. . Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. . Myia . 1999 . 9 . vii + 524.
5. Diegisser . Thorsten . Seitz . Alfred . Johannesen . Jes . 2006 . Phylogeographic patterns of host‐race evolution in Tephritis conura (Diptera: Tephritidae) . Molecular Ecology . en . 15 . 3 . 681–694 . 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02792.x . 0962-1083.