Tephritis conura

Tephritis conura
Tephritis conura North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Tephritis
Species:	T. conura
Binomial name
Tephritis conura (Loew, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
Trypeta conura(Loew, 1844) [1]

Tephritis conura is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic . ^{[2] [3] [4]} The larvae feed on Cirsium heterophyllum and Cirsium oleraceum . ^[5]

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. ^[6] This is a possible example of an early stage of ecological speciation.

It is found in United Kingdom, Scandinavia, south and east to Italy, Bulgaria, and the Caucasuses.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Loew, H. (1844). "Kritische Untersuchung der europäische n Arten des Genus Trypeta Meig". Z. Ent. (Germar). 5: 312–437.
2. Fauna Europaea
3. 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. ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4 .
4. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
5. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
6. Diegisser, Thorsten; Seitz, Alfred; Johannesen, Jes (2006). "Phylogeographic patterns of host‐race evolution in Tephritis conura (Diptera: Tephritidae)" . Molecular Ecology. 15 (3): 681–694. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02792.x. ISSN   0962-1083.