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Trypeta Mixta
''Tephritis mixta'' is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. It is one of more than 200 species in the genus ''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 ...''. References Tephritinae {{Tephritis-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
