Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aciurina Curran 1932
Numbers
15 spp., all in our area
(1)
Aciurina aplopappi (Coquillett, 1894): Arizona/California
Aciurina bigeloviae (Cockerell, 1890): Western NA
Aciurina ferruginea (Doane, 1899): Western NA
Aciurina idahoensis Steyskal, 1984: Idaho/California
Aciurina lutea (Coquillett, 1899): Mountain West
Aciurina maculata (Cole, 1919): Northwest US
Aciurina mexicana (Aczel, 1953): Southwest US to N Mexico
Aciurina michaeli Goeden, 1996: Mountain West
Aciurina mixteca Hernandez-Ortiz, 1994: Oaxaca
Aciurina notata (Coquillett, 1899): New Mexico
Aciurina opaca (Coquillett, 1899): Mountain West to Southwest
Aciurina semilucida (Bates, 1935): Northwest US
Aciurina thoracica Curran, 1932: Southwest US
Aciurina trilitura Blanc & Foote, 1961: Mountain West
Aciurina trixa Curran, 1932: Western NA
Identification
occipital bristles stubby and whitish; frons relatively wide; one pair of scutellar bristles; abdomen polished; dorsocentral bristles situated between the supra-alars and the transverse suture; visible bulla in cell R4+5.
(2)
Steyskal (1984) treats
A. aplopappi,
bigeloviae,
ferruginea,
idahoensis,
lutea,
maculata,
mexicana,
notata,
opaca,
thoracica , and
trilitura ,
Goeden (1996) treats
A. michaeli and
A. semilucida,
Headrick (1997) treats
A. trixa
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Food
All species with known hosts are gall-formers on Asteraceae
(2), mostly on
Ericameria (=
Chrysothamnus, rabbitbrush)
Print References
Wangberg J.K. (1981) Gall-forming Habits of
Aciurina Species (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Rabbitbrush (Compositae:
Chrysothamnus spp.) in Idaho. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54(4): 711-732. (
Full text)
Steyskal G.C. (1984) A synoptic revision of the genus
Aciurina Curran, 1932 (Diptera : Tephritidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86(3): 582-598. (
Full text)
Goeden R.D., Teerink J.A. (1996a) Life histories and descriptions of adults and immature stages of two cryptic species,
Aciurina ferruginea (Doane) and
A. michaeli, new species (Diptera: Tephritidae), on
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hooker) Nuttall in southern California. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 98(3): 415-438. (
Full text)
Goeden R.D., Teerink J.A. (1996b) Life history and descriptions of adults and immature stages of
Aciurina semilucida (Bates) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hooker) Nuttall in southern California. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 98(4): 752-766 (
Full text)
Headrick D.H., Goeden R.D., Teerink J.A. (1997) Taxonomy of
Aciurina trixa Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae) and its life history on
Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pallas) Britton in Southern California; with notes on
A. bigeloviae (Cockerell). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 99(3): 415-428. (
Full text)