''Carpophthoromyia'' is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Afrotropic
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al picture-winged flies (
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 ...
).
They are usually darkly coloured and of medium size, and mostly develop in the fruit of various species of ''
Drypetes
''Drypetes'' is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, in the order Malpighiales.
It was previously in the family Euphorbiaceae, tribe Drypeteae, and was the sole pantropical zoochorous genus of the family.
The genus comprises about 200 ...
'' (
Putranjivaceae
Putranjivaceae is a rosid family that is composed of 218 species in 2 genera of evergreen tropical trees that are found mainly in the Old World tropics, but with a few species in tropical America.
Members of this family have 2-ranked coriace ...
, formerly
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...
).
''Carpophthoromyia'' is closely related to ''
Perilampsis
''Perilampsis'' is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Species
The genus includes the following species.
* ''Perilampsis amazuluana''
* ''Perilampsis atra''
* ''Perilampsis decellei''
* ''Perilampsis diademata''
* '' ...
''. There are 17 recognised species:
Species
*''
Carpophthoromyia debeckeri''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia dimidiata''
Bezzi, 1924
*''
Carpophthoromyia dividua''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia flavofasciata''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia interrupta''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia litterata''
(Munro, 1933)
*''
Carpophthoromyia nigribasis''
( Enderlein, 1920)
*''
Carpophthoromyia procera''
( Enderlein, 1920)
*''
Carpophthoromyia pseudotritea''
Bezzi, 1918
*''
Carpophthoromyia radulata''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia schoutedeni''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia scutellata''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1853)
*''
Carpophthoromyia speciosa''
Hancock, 1984
*''
Carpophthoromyia tessmanni''
( Enderlein, 1920)
*''
Carpophthoromyia tritea''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1849)
*''
Carpophthoromyia virgata''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia vittata''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1794)
References
Dacinae
Tephritidae genera
Taxa named by Ernest Edward Austen
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