title: Revision of the Urophora xanthippe species group, with description of new species (Diptera: Tephritidae).
abstract: The xanthippe group of species of the genus Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 is revised and keyed. It contains seven species with a yellow area on the scutum medial to the notopleuron: Urophora bakhtiari new species (from flowerheads of Cousinia archibaldii), Urophora dirlbeki new species (from flowerheads of Onopordum acanthium), U. iani Korneyev & Merz 1998, U. impicta (Hering 1942) (= Urophora hermonis Freidberg 1974, new synonym), U. kasachstanica (Richter 1964), U. stalker Korneyev 1985, and U. xanthippe (Munro 1934). All the species are described, illustrated and keyed.
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: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.; Email: nozari@ut.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Jamasb
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nozari
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D033621:Tephritidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development