Tanzanimyia, a new Afrotropical genus of Schistopterini with four new species (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae)

Authors

  • Amnon Freidberg The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
  • Irina Zonstein The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
  • Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4389-6858

Keywords:

Afrotropical, biodiversity, Tephritinae, Schistopterini, fruit-flies, identification key, new genus, new species, taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus of schistopterine fruit-flies, Tanzanimyia, and four new species, T. flavicauda, T. reticulata, T. tanzaniaensis and T. ugandaensis (type species), are described from Equatorial Africa, based on adults. The larvae of T. ugandaensis and T. reticulata infest the flower heads of Bothriocline fusca, and those of T. reticulata also infest the flower heads of Gutenbergia cordifolia var. cordifolia (Asteraceae: Vernonieae). Illustrations of taxonomically relevant body parts of both sexes are provided, primarily for the two reared species. An identification key for the new species is compiled.

To cite: Freidberg, A., Zonstein, I. & Friedman, A.-L.-L. 2020. Tanzanimyia, a new Afrotropical genus of Schistopterini with four new species (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae). Israel Journal of Entomology 50(1): 19–39. 

http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3872861
http://zoobank.org/References/58e6d3c7-4a9f-4aec-9b6d-f56305f9367c

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2020-06-08

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Vol. 50 No. 1 (2020)

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