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Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 637–647 (2020) doi: 10.3897/abs.6.e59735 https://abs.pensoft.net RESEARCH ARTICLE A review of leaf-miner tephritid flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the south-eastern part of West Siberia, Russia Mikhail V. Shcherbakov1 1 Tomsk State University, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Lenina pr. 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia Corresponding author: Mikhail V. Shcherbakov ([email protected]) Academic editor: R. Yakovlev | Received 16 October 2020 | Accepted 13 November 2020 | Published 17 December 2020 http://zoobank.org/82BD368A-4586-47CF-A1AE-810E184CC03B Citation: Shcherbakov MV (2020) A review of leaf-miner tephritid flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the south- eastern part of West Siberia, Russia. Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 637–647. https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e59735 Abstract Eleven leaf-miner tephritid fly species from 7 genera are reviewed for four regions in the south-eastern part of West Siberia, Russia, namely Tomskaya and Kemerovskaya Oblasts, Altaiskii Krai, and Repub- lics of Altai and Khakassia. The share of leaf-miner species in the tephritid fly fauna of the region is 10.2%. Cornutrypeta svetlanae Richter & Shcherbakov, 2000, recorded from four regions, is the most numerous and widely distributed species preferring forest belt in the mountains of Kuznetskii Alatau (Kemerovskaya Oblast and Khakassia), North Altai (Republic of Altai) and West Altai (Altaiskii Krai). Two species are registered in only one region, namely Cornutrypeta spinifrons (Schroeder, 1913) in the forest belt of the Kuznetskii Alatau mountains (Kemerovskaya Oblast) and Hemilea dimidiata (Costa, 1844) in the forest meadows of Tomskaya Oblast. The rarest species in the region areCornutrypeta spinifrons (Schroeder, 1913) and Trypeta zoe Meigen, 1826 known by single or several specimens only. Comments on the distribution and trophic relation of all the species are provided. Keywords Diptera, Tephritidae, leaf-miner, West Siberia, distribution, trophic relation Copyright Mikhail V. Shcherbakov. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 638 Mikhail V. Shcherbakov / Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 637–647 (2020) Introduction Tephritid flies, characterized by their life-cycle that involves their pre-imaginal de- velopment in different parts of plants, include leaf-miner species which form a top- ological group within this family. Leaf-mining is recorded in both long-horned flies (Chironomidae, Sciaridae) and the short-horned flies (Agromyzidae, Anthomyi- idae, Drosophilidae, Ephydridae, Psilidae, Scathophagidae, Syrphidae). The largest number are found in the family Agromyzidae, but other families include species representatives in several different genera; for example, the family Tephritidae in- cludes several representatives of the tribe Trypetini which are known to be leaf- miners of herbal plants, mainly of the family Asteraceae. Tephritidae is one of the largest dipteran family included about 4350 species from 480 genera worldwide, and about 850 species in Palearctic (Korneyev, Ovt- shinnikova 2004). The tephritid fly fauna of Russia is still insufficiently known, only European part of Russia and the Russian Far East are relatively well studied. 190 species of tephritid flies from 53 genera were listed in the Key to insects of European Part of USSR (Richter 1970), of which 25 species from 16 genera were recorded for West Siberia. 250 species from 88 genera are registered for the Russian Far East, of which 39 species from 21 genera are occurring in West Siberia (Korneyev, Ovtshin- nikova 2004), the territory which is carefully studying at present time and presum- ably inhabited by more than 100 species from 36 genera (Shcherbakov 2016). The leaf-miner tephritid fly fauna in the south-eastern part of West Siberia have been studied in Tomskaya and Kemerovskaya Oblasts, Altaiskii Krai, Republics of Altai and Khakassia over the past 20 years. The first information regarding leaf- miner tephritid flies of West Siberia were presented in the review of species from Kuznetskii Alatau (Shcherbakov 2002) and the analysed data were published in an International Conference Proceedings (Shcherbakov 2015). To date, 10 leaf-miner tephritid fly species have been discovered in the south-eastern part of West Siberia, Russia. A list of these species is presented below and their taxonomic structure is given according to the Systematic Database of Tephritidae names (Norrbom et al. 1999). Data on trophic relation and a distribution of species are also provided. Most of host-plants are belonging to the family Asteraceae which is not noted in the list below, unless otherwise noted, name of plant family is provided. Material and methods The material was collected mainly by entomological net-sweeping, as imago-rearing from leaf-mines was not effective enough. Currently, trophic relations for a number of tephritid species in the region remains unknown. Most of the material cited in the present article is housed in the collection of Tomsk State University, Russia (not noted in the list below), and the remainder is housed in the Zoological Institute, Saint Petersburg (ZIN); unless otherwise noted, specimens were collected by M. Shcherbakov. A review of leaf-miner tephritid flies of SE part of West Siberia, Russia 639 Taxonomy Acidia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Acidia cognata (Wiedemann, 1817) Material. Tomskaya Oblast, Tomsk: 1 ♂, “Universitetskaya roshcha” park in city centre, 22.VI.98; 1 ♂, experimental area of Botanical Garden, from leaf-mines on Tussilago farfara, collected IX.2014, emergence 8.I.2015. Kemerovskaya Oblast: 1 ♂, “Kuznetskii Alatau” State Reserve, 97 km NE Novokuznetsk, upper stream of Srednyaya Ters river, from leaf-mines on Petasites radiatus on bank, collected 4.VIII.1996, imago emergence 11.X.1996; 1 ♀, 80 km S of Tisul village, near Be- logorsk vill., Kiya-Shaltyr river, shallow bank, from leaf-mines on Petasites radiatus, collected 13.VIII.2000, imago emergence 13.XI.2000. Republic of Khakassia: 3 ♂, 54°27'05"N, 89°26'59"E, 32.5 km SWW Shira village, near Efremkino village, 480 m a.s.l., left bank of Belyi Iyus river, willow bed, 4.VIII.2019. Trophic relations. In Europe was reared from leaf-mines on Homogyne alpina, H. discolor, Petasites albus, P. hy br i du s , P. paradoxus, P. pyrenaicus, P. spurius and Tussilago farfara (Ellis 2020), and reared in the region from Petasites radiatus and Tussilago farfara leaf-mines. Cornutrypeta Han & Wang, 1993 Cornutrypeta spinifrons (Schroeder, 1913) Material. Kemerovskaya Oblast: 1♂, 119 km NE Novokuznetsk, “Kuznetskii Ala- tau” State Reserve, upper stream of Nizhnyaya Ters river, sweeping near old road, 17.VIII.1996; Republic of Khakassia: 1 ♂, “Kyzas river, pr. Abakana, Tom. [Toms- kaya] g. [guberniya], 11.VII [year not indicated], Yu. Vagner leg.” (Territory of the Tashtypskii Raion of the Republic of Hakassia at present) (ZIN). Trophic relations. In Europe was reared from leaf-mines on Aster sp. (cultured plants), Callistephus chinensis, Chrysanthemum indicum, Senecio ovatus and Soli- dago virgaurea (Ellis 2020). Trophic relations in the region have not been revealed, but leaf-mines were recorded on Senecio nemorensis, Solidago dahurica and S. vir- gaurea, but the imago could not be reared. Distribution. West and East Europe; Russia: North-East and Central regions of European part, Southern Siberia (de Jong Yde et al. 2014; Fauna Europea 2020). Cornutrypeta svetlanae Richter et Shcherbakov, 2000 Material. Altaiskii Krai: 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 51°03'34"N, 82°59'22"E, 50 km SEE Zmeinogorsк, Tigirekskii Mountain Range, 1360 m a.s.l., floodplain meadow of Malyi Tigirek river source, 7.VII.2012. Republic of Altai: 1 ♂, 51°31,901'N, 86°46,906'E, 55 km SSE Choya village, near Sagan mountain, 1670 m a.s.l., forest tall grass meadow, 640 Mikhail V. Shcherbakov / Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 637–647 (2020) 20.VII.20009; 1 ♂, 49°37'27"N, 85°44'02"E, 72 km SEE Ust Koksa village, Zaichikha river, 26.VII.2013, leg. M.Yu. Proshchalykin. Kemerovskaya Oblast, “Kuznetskii Alatau” State Reserve: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 81 km NE Novokuznetsk, Kuznetskii Alatau W slope to river Srednyaya Ters, 1300 m, grass subalpine meadow on stones, 9.VII.1998; 4 ♂, ibidem, Srednyaya Maganakova river basin, Krivaya river source, right bank, 1240 m, grass meadow with bushes, 17.VII.1998; 1 ♂, 86 km NE Novokuznetsk, Kuznet- skii Alatau, polydominant subalpine meadow, 10.VII.1997; 3 ♀, ibidem, NW slope to Srednaya Средняя Ters river, 1250 m, subalpine meadow, 14.VII.1997; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, ibidem, S slope, to Verkhnyaya Ters river source, 1200 m, subalpine meadow, 15.VII.1998; 1 ♀, 87 km NE Novokuznetsk, Kuznetskii Alatau, 1320 m, polydomi- nant subalpine meadow, on Saussurea latifolia, 10.VII.1997; 5 ♂, 88 km NE Novo- kuznetsk, Bolshoi Kanym mountain, NE slope, birch-pine forest, 26.VII.1998; 1 ♂, 90 km NE Novokuznetsk, N slope of Krestovaya mountain to valley of Mirnaya river, wet grass meadow, on Saussurea latifolia buds, 15.VII.1997; 1 ♀, ibidem, lower one third of N slope to Mirnaya river, 800 m, floodplain meadow, on Saussurea latifolia, 18.VII.1997; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 93 km NE Novokuznetsk, Krestovaya mountain, N slope, Mirnaya river, middle stream, floodplain meadow, 18.VII.1997; 1 ♂, 112 km NE Novokuznetsk, Akchelbak mountain, E slope, foothill, 940 m, bog margin, 17.VII.1995; 2 ♀, 105 km NE Novokuznetsk, Pestraya mountain foothill, NW slope, Veselyi Akchelbak river,
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    Memoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy Tome XXXVI, 2013 BIOLOGY THE VASCULAR FLORA OF RARĂU MASSIF (EASTERN CARPATHIANS, ROMANIA). NOTE II ADRIAN OPREA1 and CULIŢĂ SÎRBU2 1 “Anastasie Fătu” Botanical Garden, Str. Dumbrava Roşie, nr. 7-9, 700522–Iaşi, Romania 2 University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iaşi, Faculty of Agriculture, Str. Mihail Sadoveanu, nr. 3, 700490–Iaşi, Romania Corresponding author: [email protected] This second part of the paper about the vascular flora of Rarău Massif listed approximately half of the whole number of the species registered by the authors in their field trips or already included in literature on the same area. Other taxa have been added to the initial list of plants, so that, the total number of taxa registered by the authors in Rarău Massif amount to 1443 taxa (1133 species and 310 subspecies, varieties and forms). There was signaled out the alien taxa on the surveyed area (18 species) and those dubious presence of some taxa for the same area (17 species). Also, there were listed all the vascular plants, protected by various laws or regulations, both internal or international, existing in Rarău (i.e. 189 taxa). Finally, there has been assessed the degree of wild flora conservation, using several indicators introduced in literature by Nowak, as they are: conservation indicator (C), threat conservation indicator) (CK), sozophytisation indicator (W), and conservation effectiveness indicator (E). Key words: Vascular flora, Rarău Massif, Romania, conservation indicators. 1. INTRODUCTION A comprehensive analysis of Rarău flora, in terms of plant diversity, taxonomic structure, biological, ecological and phytogeographic characteristics, as well as in terms of the richness in endemics, relict or threatened plant species was published in our previous note (see Oprea & Sîrbu 2012).
  • Pest Insects Infesting Carrot and Other Apiaceous Crops

    Pest Insects Infesting Carrot and Other Apiaceous Crops

    FACTSHEET 01/16 Field Vegetables Dr Rosemary Collier, University of Warwick Pest insects infesting carrot and other Apiaceous crops Carrot and related Apiaceous crops such as parsnip, celeriac and celery may be infested by a relatively small number of damaging pest insect species that can reduce both quality and yield. This factsheet focuses on the pest insects infesting carrot. However, the insects described may also be pests of related crops such as parsnip, celeriac and celery. The factsheet does not cover nematodes or slugs. Figure 1. Carrot fly damage to carrot roots Action points Carrot fly • Use suction trap records to indicate when all species of pest aphid are on the wing. • Use the carrot fly forecast to indicate when adult flies of each generation are likely to emerge and when the • Monitor crops closely. application of insecticide sprays is likely to be most effective. • Use the most effective aphicide treatments available, • Check whether an insecticide spray treatment is able taking account of their effects on natural enemies and be to kill adults or larvae or both stages. To maximise the aware of potential instances of insecticide resistance. ‘knockdown’ effect of insecticide sprays that target adults, they should be applied between 4–6pm on warm days, as Cutworms this is when most female flies are in the crop. • Use pheromone traps to indicate when turnip moths are • Where possible, isolate new crops from possible sources flying and laying eggs. of infestation (older crops), ideally using a separation distance of >1km. • Use a cutworm forecast to estimate the risk of damage to susceptible crops.