''Tephritis'' is a genus of

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

. It contains around 170 described species, making it the sixth largest genus in 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'' (in the family Drosophilidae ...

. Many more undescribed species are known from specimen collections. ''Tephritis'' occur throughout much of the world, but most are

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. They can be found in a wide range of

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteoro ...

types, from hot semidesert to

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. Most species inhabit the

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s of plants from several tribes in the family

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, and a few species cause

gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or war ...

s to form. ''Tephritis'' can be distinguished from other fruit flies of the

Tephritinae The Tephritinae are a subfamily of tephritid fruit flies. Systematics The Tephritinae are grouped into 11 tribes: * Acrotaeniini: 99 species, 10 genera: ::'' Acrotaenia'', '' Acrotaeniacantha'', '' Acrotaeniostola'', '' Baryplegma'', '' Caen ...

by the arrangement of

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e 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 neesii

*'' T. acanthiophilopsis'' Hering, 1938 *'' T. afra'' ( Hering, 1941) *'' T. afrostriata'' Korneyev, 2013 *'' T. alamutensis'' Namin & Korneyev, 2017 *'' T. alini'' Hering, 1936 *'' T. amata'' Hering, 1938 *'' T. angulatofasciata'' Portschinsky, 1891 *'' T. angustipennis'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. annuliformis'' Wang, 1990 *'' T. anthrax'' Korneyev & Evstigneev, 2019 *'' T. araneosa'' ( Coquillett, 1894) *'' T. arizonaensis'' Quisenberry, 1951 *'' T. arnicae'' (

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, 1758) *'' T. arsenii'' Korneyev et al., 2015 *'' T. atocoptera'' Agarwal & Kapoor, 1988 *'' T. azari'' Namin & Korneyev, 2012 *'' T. baccharis'' ( Coquillett, 1894) *'' T. bardanae'' ( Schrank, 1803) *'' T. bimaculata'' Freidberg, 1981 *'' T. bipartita'' Hendel, 1938 *'' T. brachyura'' Loew, 1869 *'' T. brunnea'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. bushi'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. californica'' Doane, 1899 *'' T. calliopsis'' Wang, 1990 *'' T. cameo'' Korneyev, 2013 *'' T. campana'' Korneyev & Namin 2019 *'' T. candidipennis'' Foote, 1960 *'' T. carcassa'' Dirlbek & Dirlbekova, 1974 *'' T. cardualis'' Hardy, 1974 *'' T. carmen'' Hering, 1937 *'' T. cassiniae'' Malloch, 1931 *'' T. cincta'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. cinerea'' Munro, 1931 *'' T. cirsicola'' Hering, 1938 *'' T. collina'' Wang, 1990 *'' T. cometa'' ( Loew, 1840) *'' T. conflata'' Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1995 *'' T. consimilis'' Chen, 1938 *'' T. consuta'' Wang, 1990 *'' T. conura'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. conyzifoliae'' Merz, 1992 *'' T. corolla'' Richter, 1975 *'' T. crepidis'' Hendel, 1927 *'' T. crinita'' Hering, 1961 *'' T. daedala'' Hardy, 1964 *'' T. darjeelingensis'' Agarwal, et al., 1992 *'' T. dentata'' Wang, 1990 *'' T. dilacerata'' ( Loew, 1846) *'' T. dioscurea'' ( Loew, 1856) *'' T. distigmata'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. dudichi'' Aczel, 1939 *'' T. duguma'' Dirlbek, 1975 *'' T. euarestelloides'' Richter, 1975 *'' T. fallax'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. fascigera'' Malloch, 1931 *'' T. femoralis'' Chen, 1938 *'' T. flaviventris'' Hering, 1938 *'' T. formosa'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. frauenfeldi'' Hendel, 1927 *'' T. furcata'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. glaciatrix'' ( Enderlein, 1934) *'' T. gladius'' Korneyev, 2013 *'' T. goberti'' Séguy, 1932 *'' T. heiseri'' Frauenfeld, 1865 *'' T. heliophila'' Hendel, 1927 *'' T. hemimelaena'' ( Bezzi, 1920) *'' T. hendeliana'' Hering, 1944 *'' T. hengduana'' Wang, 1990 *'' T. hesperia'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. hospita'' Richter, 1975 *'' T. hungarica'' Hering, 1937 *'' T. hurvitzi'' Freidberg, 1981 *'' T. hyoscyami'' (

, 1758) *'' T. impunctata'' Shiraki, 1933 *'' T. jabeliae'' Freidberg, 1981 *'' T. joanae'' Goeden, 1993 *'' T. jocaste'' Hering, 1953 *'' T. kogardtauica'' Hering, 1944 *'' T. koreacola'' Kwon, 1985 *'' T. kovalevi'' Korneyev & Kameneva, 1990 *'' T. kukunoria'' Hendel, 1927 *'' T. kutuki'' Yaran & Görmez, 2020 *'' T. labecula'' Foote, 1959 *'' T. leavittensis'' Blanc, 1979 *'' T. leontodontis'' ( De Geer, 1776) *'' T. ludhianaensis'' Agarwal & Kapoor, 1988 *'' T. luteipes'' Merz, 1992 *'' T. maccus'' Hering, 1937 *'' T. majuscula'' Hering & Ito, 1953 *'' T. marginata'' Malloch, 1931 *'' T. mariannae'' Merz, 1992 *'' T. matricariae'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. megalura'' Hering, 1938 *'' T. merzi'' Freidberg & Kütük, 2003 *'' T. mesopotamica'' Korneyev & J.Dirlbek, 2000 *'' T. michiganensis'' Quisenberry, 1951 *'' T. monapunctata'' Wang, 1990 *'' T. mongolica'' Hendel, 1927 *'' T. multiguttata'' ( Becker, 1913) *'' T. multiguttulata'' Hering, 1953 *'' T. mutabilis'' Merz, 1992 *'' T. nebulosa'' ( Becker, 1908) *'' T. neesii'' ( Meigen, 1830) *'' T. nigricauda'' ( Loew, 1856) *'' T. obscuricornis'' Rondani, 1871 *'' T. ochroptera'' Korneyev, 2013 *'' T. oedipus'' Hendel, 1927 *'' T. okera'' (Shinji, 1940) *'' T. oligostictica'' Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1971 *'' T. ovatipennis'' Foote, 1960 *'' T. ozaslani'' Kütük, Bayrak & Hayat, 2012 *'' T. pallescens'' Hering, 1961 *'' T. palmeri'' Jenkins, 1989 *'' T. pantosticta'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. pelia'' Schiner, 1868 *'' T. pentagonella'' ( Bezzi, 1928) *'' T. phaeostigma'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. plebeia'' Malloch, 1931 *'' T. poenia'' ( Walker, 1849) *'' T. posis'' Hering, 1939 *'' T. postica'' Loew, 1844 *'' T. praecox'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. prolixa'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. protrusa'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. pterostigma'' Chen, 1938 *'' T. pulchra'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. pumila'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. puncta'' ( Becker, 1908) *'' T. pura'' ( Loew, 1873) *'' T. quasiprolixa'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. rasa'' Séguy, 1934 *'' T. recurrens'' Loew, 1869 *'' T. robusta'' Korneyev, 2013 *'' T. rufina'' Rondani, 1871 *'' T. rufipennis'' Doane, 1899 *'' T. ruralis'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. rydeni'' Hering, 1956 *'' T. sahandi'' Khaghaninia, et al., 2011 *'' T. santolinae'' Hering, 1934 *'' T. sauterina'' Merz, 1994 *'' T. schelkovnikovi'' Zaitzev, 1945 *'' T. scitula'' ( Wulp, 1900) *'' T. scorzonerae'' Merz, 1993 *'' T. separata'' Rondani, 1871 *'' T. shansiana'' Chen, 1940 *'' T. signatipennis'' Foote, 1960 *'' T. simplex'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. sinensis'' Chen, 1940 *'' T. sinica'' (Wang, 1990) *'' T. sonchina'' Hering, 1937 *'' T. spreta'' ( Loew, 1861) *'' T. stictica'' Loew, 1862 *'' T. stigmatica'' ( Coquillett, 1899) *'' T. subpura'' (Johnson, 1909) *'' T. subradiata'' Wulp, 1900 *'' T. tanaceti'' Hering, 1956 *'' T. tasmaniae'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. tatarica'' Portschinsky, 1891 *'' T. theryi'' Séguy, 1930 *'' T. thoracica'' Malloch, 1931 *'' T. triangula'' Ito, 1952 *'' T. tridentata'' Korneyev & Namin, 2013 *'' T. truncata'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. trupanea'' Hardy & Drew, 1996 *'' T. trypaneina'' Hering, 1953 *'' T. turkeri'' Kütük & Yaran, 2020 *'' T. umbrosa'' Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968 *'' T. urelliosomima'' Korneyev & J.Dirlbek, 2000 *'' T. valida'' ( Loew, 1858) *'' T. variata'' ( Becker, 1908) *'' T. vespertina'' ( Loew, 1844) *'' T. volkovitshi'' (Richter, 1995) *'' T. webbii'' Doane, 1899 *'' T. wulpi'' Norrbom, 1999 *'' T. zernyi'' Hendel, 1927

References

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