As part of the All Taxon Biological Inventory (ATBI) being conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), we report new distribution and host plant records for nine Tephritidae species

Steck, G. J.

Sutton, Bruce D.

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As part of the All Taxon Biological Inventory (ATBI) being conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), we report the following new distribution and host plant records. The authors collected and identified all specimens except as noted below. Comments regarding previous known distributions and hosts are taken from Foote et al. (1993)

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New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains 
National Park 
G. J. Steck 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 
Gainesville, FL 
Bruce D. Sutton 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 
Gainesville, FL 
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi 
 Part of the Entomology Commons 
Steck, G. J. and Sutton, Bruce D., "New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains 
National Park" (2000). Insecta Mundi. 319. 
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/319 
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256 Volume 14, No. 4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI 
New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) 
in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 
As part of the All Taxon Biological Inventory 
(ATBI) being conducted in the Great Smoky Moun- 
tains National Park (GSMNP), we report the following 
new distribution and host plant records. The authors 
collected and identified all specimens except as  noted 
below. Comments regarding previous known distribu- 
tions and hosts are taken from Foote et al. (1993). 
Eulia fratria (Loew) - Chimney Tops picnic area, 
30 May 1999, larvae collected in leaf mines ofAngelica 
sp. (Apiaceae) and reared to adults. New state record 
for Tennessee. Widespread across the USA and south- 
ern Canada, but little collected in the Appalachian and 
Great Plains states. 
Eutreta rotundipennis (Loew) - Cade's Cove, 13 
July 2000. New state record for Tennessee. Previously 
known only from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, 
Kansas, and Texas. Host unknown. 
Rhynencina longirostris Johnson - Sugarlands Park 
Headquarters, 5 August 1996, collector D. DeFoe; 
Metcalf Bottoms picnic area, and Abrams Creek camp- 
ground, 12-13 July, 2000; reared from flower heads of 
Smallanthus uvedalia (L.) (Asteraceae). New state 
record for Tennessee, and new host plant record. 
Previously known only from Pennsylvania, Maryland, 
South Carolina and Georgia. Adults of this and other 
congeners previously have been collected in associa- 
tion with Smallanthus, but never before reared (Freid- 
berg and Norrbom, 1999). 
Strauzia intermedia (Loew) - Grotto Falls trail 
head, 28 May 1999, coll. E. Schlinger. New state record 
for Tennessee. Widespread in North America and 
known to breed in Rudbeckia laciniata (Asteraceae). 
Strauzia perfecta (Loew) - Metcalf Bottoms picnic 
area, 13 July 2000. Widespread in the USA east of the 
Rocky Mountains, north of about 36"N latitude. Ten- 
nessee was included in the distribution map of Foote 
et al. (1993) but without a specific locality. Its host is 
Ambrosia trifida (Asteraceae). 
Strauzia uvedaliae Stoltzfus - Metcalf Bottoms 
picnic area, 30 May 1999 and 12-13 July 2000; Sugar- 
lands Park Headquarters, 30 May 1999; and Abrams 
Creek campground, 13 July, 2000. All specimens were 
taken from foliage of Smallanthus uvedalia; one fe- 
male was observed ovipositing into a stem. New state 
record for Tennessee. There is some question regard- 
ing the taxonomic limits of Strauzia longipennis (Wiede- 
mann), and thus its geographic and host range, and 
whether i t  may include other host-associated taxa, 
such a s  S. uvedaliae. The host association of the 
specimens captured in the GSMNP is clear and spec- 
imen morphology neatly matches that  described by 
Stoltzfus (1988). 
Strauzia verbesinae Steyskal - Cades Cove, and 
Sugarlands Park Headquarters, 30 May 1999. New 
state record for Tennessee. Previously known only 
from Virginia and Kentucky. Contrary to the comment 
in Foote et al. (1993) that  this is a rare species, we 
found adults abundantly on Verbesinasp.(Asteraceae). 
Trypeta tortilis (Coquillett) - Newfound Gap, 11- 
14 July, 2000, ex. malaise trap. New state record for 
North Carolina. Trypeta tortilis, including synony- 
mized T. angustigena Foote, is widespread in North 
America, including Canada and Alaska, but previous- 
ly uncollected in any of the southeastern states. I t  is a 
leafminer in several genera of Asteraceae. 
Xanthaciura tetraspina (Phillips)- Metcalf Bot- 
toms picnic area, 30 May 1999, on flower heads of 
Smallanthus uvedalia. New state record for Tennes- 
see. Widespread in North America, south to Brazil. 
Reported hosts are species ofAgeratum and Eupatori- 
um (Asteraceae). 
We thank the National Park Service, and especial- 
ly Keith Langdon, inventory and monitoring coordina- 
tor for GSMNP, and Don DeFoe, curator of GRSM, for 
facilitating our studies in the park. Specimens were 
collected under permit numbers GRSM1999074 and 
GRSM-00-103, and all are vouchered in the Natural 
History Museum a t  Sugarlands, GSMNP and/or the 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods. This is Ento- 
mology Contribution No. 911, Bureau of Entomology, 
Nematology & Plant Pathology. 
References Cited 
Freidberg, A. and A. L. Norrbom. 1999. A generic 
reclassification and phylogeny of the tribe Myopi- 
tini (Tephritidae), pp. 581-637. In Fruit Flies (Te- 
phritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. 
Martin Aluja and Allen L. Norrbom, editors. CRC 
Press, Boca Raton, FL. 944 pp. 
Foote, R. H., F. L. Blanc, and A. L. Norrbom. 1993. 
Handbook of the fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) 
of America north of Mexico. Cornell Univ. Press, 
Ithaca NY. 571 pp. 
Stoltzfus, W. B. 1988. The taxonomy and biology of 
Strauzia (Diptera: Tephritidae). J .  Iowa Acad. Sci. 
95: 117-126. 
G .  3. Steck and Bruce D. Sutton, Florida State 
Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant In- 
dustry, Florida Department of Agriculture and 
Consumer Services. P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, 
FL 32614-7100 USA. 


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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida December 2000 New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park G. J. Steck Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL Bruce D. Sutton Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi  Part of the Entomology Commons Steck, G. J. and Sutton, Bruce D., "New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park" (2000). Insecta Mundi. 319. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/319 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 256 Volume 14, No. 4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park As part of the All Taxon Biological Inventory (ATBI) being conducted in the Great Smoky Moun- tains National Park (GSMNP), we report the following new distribution and host plant records. The authors collected and identified all specimens except as  noted below. Comments regarding previous known distribu- tions and hosts are taken from Foote et al. (1993). Eulia fratria (Loew) - Chimney Tops picnic area, 30 May 1999, larvae collected in leaf mines ofAngelica sp. (Apiaceae) and reared to adults. New state record for Tennessee. Widespread across the USA and south- ern Canada, but little collected in the Appalachian and Great Plains states. Eutreta rotundipennis (Loew) - Cade's Cove, 13 July 2000. New state record for Tennessee. Previously known only from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Texas. Host unknown. Rhynencina longirostris Johnson - Sugarlands Park Headquarters, 5 August 1996, collector D. DeFoe; Metcalf Bottoms picnic area, and Abrams Creek camp- ground, 12-13 July, 2000; reared from flower heads of Smallanthus uvedalia (L.) (Asteraceae). New state record for Tennessee, and new host plant record. Previously known only from Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia. Adults of this and other congeners previously have been collected in associa- tion with Smallanthus, but never before reared (Freid- berg and Norrbom, 1999). Strauzia intermedia (Loew) - Grotto Falls trail head, 28 May 1999, coll. E. Schlinger. New state record for Tennessee. Widespread in North America and known to breed in Rudbeckia laciniata (Asteraceae). Strauzia perfecta (Loew) - Metcalf Bottoms picnic area, 13 July 2000. Widespread in the USA east of the Rocky Mountains, north of about 36"N latitude. Ten- nessee was included in the distribution map of Foote et al. (1993) but without a specific locality. Its host is Ambrosia trifida (Asteraceae). Strauzia uvedaliae Stoltzfus - Metcalf Bottoms picnic area, 30 May 1999 and 12-13 July 2000; Sugar- lands Park Headquarters, 30 May 1999; and Abrams Creek campground, 13 July, 2000. All specimens were taken from foliage of Smallanthus uvedalia; one fe- male was observed ovipositing into a stem. New state record for Tennessee. There is some question regard- ing the taxonomic limits of Strauzia longipennis (Wiede- mann), and thus its geographic and host range, and whether i t  may include other host-associated taxa, such a s  S. uvedaliae. The host association of the specimens captured in the GSMNP is clear and spec- imen morphology neatly matches that  described by Stoltzfus (1988). Strauzia verbesinae Steyskal - Cades Cove, and Sugarlands Park Headquarters, 30 May 1999. New state record for Tennessee. Previously known only from Virginia and Kentucky. Contrary to the comment in Foote et al. (1993) that  this is a rare species, we found adults abundantly on Verbesinasp.(Asteraceae). Trypeta tortilis (Coquillett) - Newfound Gap, 11- 14 July, 2000, ex. malaise trap. New state record for North Carolina. Trypeta tortilis, including synony- mized T. angustigena Foote, is widespread in North America, including Canada and Alaska, but previous- ly uncollected in any of the southeastern states. I t  is a leafminer in several genera of Asteraceae. Xanthaciura tetraspina (Phillips)- Metcalf Bot- toms picnic area, 30 May 1999, on flower heads of Smallanthus uvedalia. New state record for Tennes- see. Widespread in North America, south to Brazil. Reported hosts are species ofAgeratum and Eupatori- um (Asteraceae). We thank the National Park Service, and especial- ly Keith Langdon, inventory and monitoring coordina- tor for GSMNP, and Don DeFoe, curator of GRSM, for facilitating our studies in the park. Specimens were collected under permit numbers GRSM1999074 and GRSM-00-103, and all are vouchered in the Natural History Museum a t  Sugarlands, GSMNP and/or the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. This is Ento- mology Contribution No. 911, Bureau of Entomology, Nematology & Plant Pathology. References Cited Freidberg, A. and A. L. Norrbom. 1999. A generic reclassification and phylogeny of the tribe Myopi- tini (Tephritidae), pp. 581-637. In Fruit Flies (Te- phritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. Martin Aluja and Allen L. Norrbom, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 944 pp. Foote, R. H., F. L. Blanc, and A. L. Norrbom. 1993. Handbook of the fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America north of Mexico. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca NY. 571 pp. Stoltzfus, W. B. 1988. The taxonomy and biology of Strauzia (Diptera: Tephritidae). J .  Iowa Acad. Sci. 95: 117-126. G .  3. Steck and Bruce D. Sutton, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant In- dustry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 USA. 

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256  Volume 14, No.4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park As  part of the All  Taxon  Biological  Inventory (ATBI) being conducted in the Great Smoky Moun-tains National Park (GSMNP), we report the following new distribution and host plant records. The authors collected and identified all specimens except as noted below. Comments regarding previous known distribu-tions and hosts are taken from Foote et al. (1993). Eulia fratria (Loew) - Chimney Tops picnic area, 30 May 1999, larvae collected in leaf  mines of  Angelica sp. (Apiaceae) and reared to adults. New state record for Tennessee. Widespread across the USA and south-ern Canada, but  little collected in the  Appalachian and Great Plains states. Eutreta rotundipennis (Loew)  - Cade's Cove,  13 July 2000. New state record for Tennessee. Previously known only from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Texas. Host unknown. Rhynencina longirostris Johnson -Sugarlands Park Headquarters,  5  August  1996,  collector  D.  DeFoe; Metcalf  Bottoms picnic area, and Abrams Creek camp-ground, 12-13 July, 2000; reared from flower heads of Smallanthus uvedalia (L.)  (Asteraceae).  New state record  for  Tennessee,  and new  host plant record. Previously known only from Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia. Adults of this and other congeners previously have been collected in associa-tion with Smallanthus, but never before reared (Freid-berg and Norrbom, 1999). Strauzia intermedia (Loew)  - Grotto Falls trail head, 28 May 1999, colI. E. Schlinger. New state record for  Tennessee.  Widespread in  North America  and known to breed in Rudbeckia laciniata (Asteraceae). Strauziaperfecta (Loew) - Metcalf Bottoms picnic area, 13 July 2000. Widespread in the USA east of the Rocky Mountains, north of about 36°N latitude. Ten-nessee was included in the distribution map of Foote et al. (1993) but without a specific locality. Its host is Ambrosia trifida (Asteraceae). Strauzia uvedaliae Stoltzfus - Metcalf Bottoms picnic area, 30 May 1999 and 12-13 July 2000; Sugar-lands Park Headquarters, 30 May 1999; and Abrams Creek campground, 13 July, 2000. All specimens were taken from foliage of Smallanthus uvedalia; one fe-male was observed ovipositing into a stem. New state record for Tennessee. There is some question regard-ing  the  taxonomic limits of  Strauzia longipennis (Wiede-mann), and thus its geographic and host range, and whether it may include other host-associated taxa, such  as  S.  uvedaliae.  The host  association  of the specimens captured in the GSMNP is clear and spec-imen morphology neatly matches that described by Stoltzfus (1988). Strauzia verbesinae Steyskal - Cades Cove,  and Sugarlands Park Headquarters, 30 May 1999. New state record for  Tennessee.  Previously known only from Virginia and Kentucky. Contrary to the comment in Foote et al.  (1993) that this is a rare species, we found adults abundantly on Verbesinasp.(Asteraceae). Trypeta tortilis (Coquillett) - Newfound Gap, 11-14 July, 2000, ex. malaise trap. New state record for North Carolina.  Trypeta tortilis,  including synony-mized T.  angustigena Foote, is widespread in North America, including Canada and Alaska, but previous-ly uncollected in any ofthe southeastern states. It is a leafminer in several genera of Asteraceae. Xanthaciura  tetraspina  (Phillips)- Metcalf Bot-toms picnic area,  30 May 1999, on flower heads of Smallanthus uvedalia. New state record for Tennes-see. Widespread in North America, south to Brazil. Reported hosts are species of  Ageratum and Eupatori-um (Asteraceae). We thank the National Park Service, and especial-ly Keith Langdon, inventory and monitoring coordina-tor for GSMNP, and Don DeFoe, curator of GRSM, for facilitating our studies in the parlL Specimens were collected under permit numbers GRSM1999074 and GRSM-00-103, and all are vouchered in the Natural History Museum at Sugarlands, GSMNP and/or the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. This is Ento-mology Contribution No. 911, Bureau of Entomology, Nematology & Plant Pathology. References Cited Freidberg, A. and A. L. Norrbom. 1999. A generic reclassification and phylogeny ofthe tribe Myopi-tini (Tephritidae), pp. 581-637. In Fruit Flies (Te-phritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. Martin Aluja and Allen L. Norrbom, editors. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 944 pp. Foote, R. H., F. L. Blanc, and A. L. Norrbom.1993. Handbook ofthe fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America north of Mexico. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca NY.  571 pp. Stoltzfus, W. B. 1988. The taxonomy and biology of Strauzia (Diptera: Tephritidae). J. Iowa Acad. Sci. 95: 117-126. G. J. Steck and Bruce D. Sutton, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant In-dustry, Florida Department of  Agriculture and Consumer  Services. P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 USA. 

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