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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephritini |
| Genus: | Tephritis |
| Species: | T. conura
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| Binomial name | |
| Tephritis conura | |
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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.
Distribution
editUnited Kingdom & Scandinavia, South and East to Italy, Bulgaria & Caucasus.
References
edit- ^ a b Loew, H. (1844). "Kritische Untersuchung der europäische n Arten des Genus Trypeta Meig". Z. Ent. (Germar). 5: 312–437.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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 .
- ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.