''Sphaeniscus atilius'' is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''
Sphaeniscus
''Sphaeniscus'' is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Species
*'' Sphaeniscus atilius'' (Walker, 1849)
*'' Sphaeniscus binoculatus'' (Bezzi, 1928)
*'' Sphaeniscus filiolus'' ( Loew, 1869)
*'' Sphaeniscus lindbergi'' ...
'' of the family
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 ge ...
.
Distribution
They are found in India,
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part o ...
, Japan, and southeast
Australasia
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.
References
Tephritinae
Insects described in 1849
Diptera of Asia
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