MUSCULATURE OF THE TEPHRITID FLY CARPOMYA SCHINERI (LOEW) (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE) OVIPOSITOR
Structure of the ovipositor sclerites and musculature was investigated in the tephritid fly Carpomya schineri (Loew), whose larvae develop in the fruits of Rosa. Characters of the ovipositor structure of this species facilitating laying eggs into such fruits are discussed. The ovipositor musculature and functioning in Carpomya are very similar to those in Ceratitis and Bactrocera; species of all these genera layeggs in sweet fruits. In the details of the ovipositor musculature Carpomya is more similar to Ceratitis than to Bactrocera. Carpomya, Ceratitis and Bactrocera are close phylogenetically, but Ceratitis and Bactrocera belong to the sister tribes of one subfamily Dacinae. Thus morpho-functional similarity of the ovipositor structure may not only reflect close affinity but be a result of common adaptive rearrangements, too.