''Acrotaenia tarsata'' is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''
Acrotaenia
''Acrotaenia'' is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Species
*'' Acrotaenia latipennis'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) — Brazil
*'' Acrotaenia otopappi'' Doane, 1899 — Mexico
*'' Acrotaenia spadix'' Bates, 1934 — Cuba, H ...
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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'' (in the family Drosophilidae), w ...
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Distribution
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
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References
Tephritinae
Insects described in 1899
Diptera of North America
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