MUSCULATURE OF THE TEPHRITID FLY CARPOMYA SCHINERI (LOEW) (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE) OVIPOSITOR
Structure of the ovipositor sclerites and musculature was investigated in the tephritid fly <i>Carpomya schineri </i>(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 <i>Carpomya </i>are very similar to those in <i>Ceratitis </i>and <i>Bactrocera</i>; species of all these genera layeggs in sweet fruits. In the details of the ovipositor musculature <i>Carpomya </i>is more similar to <i>Ceratitis </i>than to <i>Bactrocera. Carpomya</i>, <i>Ceratitis </i>and <i>Bactrocera </i>are close phylogenetically, but <i>Ceratitis </i>and <i>Bactrocera </i>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.