title: Revision of the Tephritis maccus species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) with description of a new species from Iran.
abstract: The maccus species group of the genus Tephritis Latreille 1804 is revised. The maccus group contains five species with a radiate wing pattern, cell r without or with only one large hyaline spot or indentation on the anterior wing margin, and the aculeus moderately broad, sharply narrowing and pointed at the very apex. The included species are: Tephritis azari Mohamadzade Namin & Korneyev, Tephritis gharalii sp. nov., Tephritis maccus Hering, Tephritis sophus and Tephritis urelliosomima Korneyev & Dirlbek.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Varamin-Pishva Branch,, Islamic Azad University, Varamin - Iran.; Email: mohamadzade@iauvaramin.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Saeed Mohamadzade
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Namin
authors.affiliation: I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, B.Chmielnicki 15, 01601 Kiev, Ukraine.; Email: s.v.korneyev@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Severyn V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Korneyev
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parchami-Araghi
authors.forename: Ebrahim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gilasian
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D033621:Tephritidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development