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Tephritis Cinerea
''Tephritis cinerea'' is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''Tephritis'' of the family Tephritidae. Distribution Lesotho, South Africa. References Tephritinae Insects described in 1931 Diptera of Africa {{Tephritis-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tephritis
''Tephritis'' is a genus of fly, flies. It contains around 170 described species, making it the sixth largest genus in the family Tephritidae. Many more undescribed species are known from specimen collections. ''Tephritis'' occur throughout much of the world, but most are Palearctic realm, Palearctic. They can be found in a wide range of climate types, from hot semidesert to tundra. Most species inhabit the inflorescences of plants from several tribes in the family Asteraceae, and a few species cause galls to form. ''Tephritis'' can be distinguished from other fruit flies of the Tephritinae by the arrangement of setae on their bodies, among other characters.Zarghani, E., et al. (2010)Synopsis of the genus ''Tephritis'' Latreille (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Iran.''Munis Entomology & Zoology'' 5, 1176-81. Species The genus ''Tephritis'' includes the following species: *''Tephritis acanthiophilopsis, T. acanthiophilopsis'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1938 *''Tephritis afra, T. af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus ''Drosophila ''Drosophila'' () is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or (less frequently) pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many s ...'' (in the family Drosophilidae), which is often called the "common fruit fly". Nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly are categorized in almost 500 genera of the Tephritidae. Description, Genus, recategorization, and DNA sequencing, genetic analyses are constantly changing the taxonomy of this family. To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called peacock flies, in reference to their elaborate and colorful markings. The name comes from the Greek τεφρος, ''tephros'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest mountains in Southern Africa. It has an area of over and has a population of about million. It was previously the British Crown colony of Basutoland, which declared independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966. It is a fully sovereign state and is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the African Union, and the Southern African Development Community. The name ''Lesotho'' roughly translates to "land of the Sotho". History Basutoland Basutoland emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Moshoeshoe, a son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bakoteli lineage, formed his own clan and became a chief around 1804. Between 1820 and 1823, he and his followers settled at the Butha-Buthe Mountain, joining with former adversaries in resistance against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tephritinae
The Tephritinae are a subfamily of tephritid fruit flies. Systematics The Tephritinae are grouped into 11 tribes: * Acrotaeniini: 99 species, 10 genera: ::''Acrotaenia'', ''Acrotaeniacantha'', ''Acrotaeniostola'', ''Baryplegma'', ''Caenoriata'', '' Euarestopsis'', ''Neotaracia'', ''Polionota'', ''Pseudopolionota'', ''Tetreuaresta'' and ''Tomoplagia''. * Cecidocharini: 41 species, 8 genera: ::''Cecidocharella'', ''Cecidochares'', ''Hetschkomyia'', ''Neorhagoletis'', ''Ostracocoelia'', '' Procecidochares'', '' Procecidocharoides'' and ''Pyrgotoides''. * Dithrycini: 103 species, 12 genera: ::''Dithryca'', ''Aciurina'', '' Eurosta'', '' Valentibulla'', ''Liepana'', '' Oedaspis'', '' Oedoncus'', '' Peronyma'', ''Ptiloedaspis'', '' Xenodorella'', '' Hendrella'' and ''Placaciura''. * Eutretini: 96 species, 16 genera: ::''Afreutreta'', '' Cosmetothrix'', '' Cryptotreta'', '' Dictyotrypeta'', '' Dracontomyia'', '' Eutreta'' (subgenera '' Eutreta'', '' Metatephritis'' and '' Setosigena' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insects Described In 1931
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Their blood is not totally contained in vessels; some circulates in an open cavity known as the haemocoel. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at between six and ten million; In: potentially over 90% of the animal life forms on Earth are insects. Insects may be found in nearly all environments, although only a small number of species reside in the oceans, which are dominated by another arthropod group, crustaceans, which recent research has indicated insects are nested within. Nearly all insects hatch from eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
