''Carpophthoromyia'' is a small
genus
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of
Afrotropic
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al picture-winged flies (
Tephritidae
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''Drosophila'' () is a ge ...
).
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 coriaceo ...
, formerly
Euphorbiaceae
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).
''Carpophthoromyia'' is closely related to ''
Perilampsis''. There are 17 recognised species:
Species
*''
Carpophthoromyia debeckeri''
De Meyer, 2006
*''
Carpophthoromyia dimidiata''
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*Bartolomeo Bezzi (1851–1923), Italian painter
*Cristian Bezzi (born 1975), Italian former rugby union player
*Giovanni Francesco Bezzi (active circa 1549–1571), ...
, 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
''Carpophthoromyia pseudotritea'' is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''Carpophthoromyia'' of the family Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophil ...
''
Bezzi Bezzi is an Italian last name. Notable people with this last name include:
*Bartolomeo Bezzi (1851–1923), Italian painter
*Cristian Bezzi (born 1975), Italian former rugby union player
*Giovanni Francesco Bezzi (active circa 1549–1571), ...
, 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 ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1794)
References
Dacinae
Tephritidae genera
Taxa named by Ernest Edward Austen
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