00512nas a2200121 4500008004100000245009700041210006900138300001000207490000600217520010100223100001700324856004900341 2015 eng d00aThe picture-winged flies and related families (Diptera, Tephritoidea) of the Maltese Islands0 apicturewinged flies and related families Diptera Tephritoidea of a73-910 v73 a

Contains records of Silba adipata, Silba fumosa and Llamprolonchaea smaragdi from Malta

1 aEBEJER, M.J. uhttps://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info/node/221402201nas a2200181 4500008004100000245008700041210006900128300000900197490000600206520166500212100001501877700001501892700001701907700001401924700001501938700001701953856004901970 2012 eng d00aOn some arthropods associated with Ficus species (Moraceae) in the Maltese Islands0 asome arthropods associated with Ficus species Moraceae in the Ma a5-340 v53 a

Material examined. MALTA:  Zejtun, 7 adults emerged between 8-12.vii.2011 from fruit of Ficus carica collected on 28.vi.2011, DM; Paola (Addolorata Cemetery), 6 adults emerged between 2-8.ix.2011 from fruit of F. carica collected on 21.viii.2011, AF. GOZO: Munxar, 37 adults emerged on 3-10.ix.2011 from fruit of Ficus carica collected on 20.viii.2011, AF & DM; Buskett, 12 adults emerged between 1-6.vii.2011 from fruit of F. carica collected on 8.vii.2011, DM.

Notes. Silba adipata (Fig. 50) is known from Spain (Mallorca), Italy, Montenegro, Greece, Cyprus, Canary Islands, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and South Africa (mACgoWAn & freidBerg, 2008). It is exclusively found on Ficus carica where its larvae feed on the tissue of the syconia just under the peel, destroying the fruit and causing unripe fruit to fall prematurely. As such the present mention of this species from Malta represents a new record for this country. However, Borg (1992) states that the "fig fly (Lonchaea aristella Beck) is frequently met with on our fig trees, particularly on trees growing near heaps of manure, close to the farmstead, ...”. Lonchaea aristella is a synonym of Silba virescens Macquart, 1851 although the fact that this was recorded from figs may be a good indication of a misidentification of S. adipata (MacGowan & Freidberg, 2008). sALiBA (1963), following Borg’s (1922) record, again mentioned Lonchaea aristella as occasionally found on figs.

1 aMifsud, D.1 aFalzon, A.1 aMalumphy, C.1 aLillo, E.1 aVovlas, N.1 aPorcelli, F. uhttps://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info/node/2162