''Tephritis'' is a genus of

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

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. 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

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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

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s to form. ''Tephritis'' can be distinguished from other fruit flies of the Tephritinae by the arrangement of setae 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 acanthiophilopsis, T. acanthiophilopsis'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1938 *''Tephritis afra, T. afra'' (Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1941) *''Tephritis afrostriata, T. afrostriata'' Korneyev, 2013 *''Tephritis alamutensis, T. alamutensis'' Namin & Korneyev, 2017 *''Tephritis alini, T. alini'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1936 *''Tephritis amata, T. amata'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1938 *''Tephritis angulatofasciata, T. angulatofasciata'' Portschinsky, 1891 *''Tephritis angustipennis, T. angustipennis'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis annuliformis, T. annuliformis'' Wang, 1990 *''Tephritis anthrax, T. anthrax'' Korneyev & Evstigneev, 2019 *''Tephritis araneosa, T. araneosa'' (Daniel William Coquillett, Coquillett, 1894) *''Tephritis arizonaensis, T. arizonaensis'' Quisenberry, 1951 *''Tephritis arnicae, T. arnicae'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) *''Tephritis arsenii, T. arsenii'' Korneyev et al., 2015 *''Tephritis atocoptera, T. atocoptera'' Agarwal & Kapoor, 1988 *''Tephritis azari, T. azari'' Namin & Korneyev, 2012 *''Tephritis baccharis, T. baccharis'' (Daniel William Coquillett, Coquillett, 1894) *''Tephritis bardanae, T. bardanae'' (Franz von Paula Schrank, Schrank, 1803) *''Tephritis bimaculata, T. bimaculata'' Freidberg, 1981 *''Tephritis bipartita, T. bipartita'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1938 *''Tephritis brachyura, T. brachyura'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1869 *''Tephritis brunnea, T. brunnea'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis bushi, T. bushi'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis californica, T. californica'' Rennie Wilbur Doane, Doane, 1899 *''Tephritis calliopsis, T. calliopsis'' Wang, 1990 *''Tephritis cameo, T. cameo'' Korneyev, 2013 *''Tephritis campana, T. campana'' Korneyev & Namin 2019 *''Tephritis candidipennis, T. candidipennis'' Richard H. Foote, Foote, 1960 *''Tephritis carcassa, T. carcassa'' Dirlbek & Dirlbekova, 1974 *''Tephritis cardualis, T. cardualis'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy, 1974 *''Tephritis carmen, T. carmen'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1937 *''Tephritis cassiniae, T. cassiniae'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1931 *''Tephritis cincta, T. cincta'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis cinerea, T. cinerea'' Munro, 1931 *''Tephritis cirsicola, T. cirsicola'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1938 *''Tephritis collina, T. collina'' Wang, 1990 *''Tephritis cometa, T. cometa'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1840) *''Tephritis conflata, T. conflata'' Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1995 *''Tephritis consimilis, T. consimilis'' Chen, 1938 *''Tephritis consuta, T. consuta'' Wang, 1990 *''Tephritis conura, T. conura'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis conyzifoliae, T. conyzifoliae'' Merz, 1992 *''Tephritis corolla, T. corolla'' Richter, 1975 *''Tephritis crepidis, T. crepidis'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1927 *''Tephritis crinita, T. crinita'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1961 *''Tephritis daedala, T. daedala'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy, 1964 *''Tephritis darjeelingensis, T. darjeelingensis'' Agarwal, et al., 1992 *''Tephritis dentata, T. dentata'' Wang, 1990 *''Tephritis dilacerata, T. dilacerata'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1846) *''Tephritis dioscurea, T. dioscurea'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1856) *''Tephritis distigmata, T. distigmata'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis dudichi, T. dudichi'' Aczel, 1939 *''Tephritis duguma, T. duguma'' Dirlbek, 1975 *''Tephritis euarestelloides, T. euarestelloides'' Richter, 1975 *''Tephritis fallax, T. fallax'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis fascigera, T. fascigera'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1931 *''Tephritis femoralis, T. femoralis'' Chen, 1938 *''Tephritis flaviventris, T. flaviventris'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1938 *''Tephritis formosa, T. formosa'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis frauenfeldi, T. frauenfeldi'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1927 *''Tephritis furcata, T. furcata'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis glaciatrix, T. glaciatrix'' (Günther Enderlein, Enderlein, 1934) *''Tephritis gladius, T. gladius'' Korneyev, 2013 *''Tephritis goberti, T. goberti'' Eugène Séguy, Séguy, 1932 *''Tephritis heiseri, T. heiseri'' Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, 1865 *''Tephritis heliophila, T. heliophila'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1927 *''Tephritis hemimelaena, T. hemimelaena'' (Mario Bezzi, Bezzi, 1920) *''Tephritis hendeliana, T. hendeliana'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1944 *''Tephritis hengduana, T. hengduana'' Wang, 1990 *''Tephritis hesperia, T. hesperia'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis hospita, T. hospita'' Richter, 1975 *''Tephritis hungarica, T. hungarica'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1937 *''Tephritis hurvitzi, T. hurvitzi'' Freidberg, 1981 *''Tephritis hyoscyami, T. hyoscyami'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) *''Tephritis impunctata, T. impunctata'' Shiraki, 1933 *''Tephritis jabeliae, T. jabeliae'' Freidberg, 1981 *''Tephritis joanae, T. joanae'' Goeden, 1993 *''Tephritis jocaste, T. jocaste'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1953 *''Tephritis kogardtauica, T. kogardtauica'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1944 *''Tephritis koreacola, T. koreacola'' Kwon, 1985 *''Tephritis kovalevi, T. kovalevi'' Korneyev & Kameneva, 1990 *''Tephritis kukunoria, T. kukunoria'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1927 *''Tephritis kutuki, T. kutuki'' Yaran & Görmez, 2020 *''Tephritis labecula, T. labecula'' Richard H. Foote, Foote, 1959 *''Tephritis leavittensis, T. leavittensis'' Blanc, 1979 *''Tephritis leontodontis, T. leontodontis'' (Charles De Geer, De Geer, 1776) *''Tephritis ludhianaensis, T. ludhianaensis'' Agarwal & Kapoor, 1988 *''Tephritis luteipes, T. luteipes'' Merz, 1992 *''Tephritis maccus, T. maccus'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1937 *''Tephritis majuscula, T. majuscula'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering & Ito, 1953 *''Tephritis marginata, T. marginata'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1931 *''Tephritis mariannae, T. mariannae'' Merz, 1992 *''Tephritis matricariae, T. matricariae'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis megalura, T. megalura'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1938 *''Tephritis merzi, T. merzi'' Freidberg & Kütük, 2003 *''Tephritis mesopotamica, T. mesopotamica'' Korneyev & J.Dirlbek, 2000 *''Tephritis michiganensis, T. michiganensis'' Quisenberry, 1951 *''Tephritis monapunctata, T. monapunctata'' Wang, 1990 *''Tephritis mongolica, T. mongolica'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1927 *''Tephritis multiguttata, T. multiguttata'' (Theodor Becker, Becker, 1913) *''Tephritis multiguttulata, T. multiguttulata'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1953 *''Tephritis mutabilis, T. mutabilis'' Merz, 1992 *''Tephritis nebulosa, T. nebulosa'' (Theodor Becker, Becker, 1908) *''Tephritis neesii, T. neesii'' (Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1830) *''Tephritis nigricauda, T. nigricauda'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1856) *''Tephritis obscuricornis, T. obscuricornis'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1871 *''Tephritis ochroptera, T. ochroptera'' Korneyev, 2013 *''Tephritis oedipus, T. oedipus'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1927 *''Tephritis okera, T. okera'' (Shinji, 1940) *''Tephritis oligostictica, T. oligostictica'' Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1971 *''Tephritis ovatipennis, T. ovatipennis'' Richard H. Foote, Foote, 1960 *''Tephritis ozaslani, T. ozaslani'' Kütük, Bayrak & Hayat, 2012 *''Tephritis pallescens, T. pallescens'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1961 *''Tephritis palmeri, T. palmeri'' Jenkins, 1989 *''Tephritis pantosticta, T. pantosticta'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis pelia, T. pelia'' Ignaz Rudolph Schiner, Schiner, 1868 *''Tephritis pentagonella, T. pentagonella'' (Mario Bezzi, Bezzi, 1928) *''Tephritis phaeostigma, T. phaeostigma'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis plebeia, T. plebeia'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1931 *''Tephritis poenia, T. poenia'' (Francis Walker (entomologist), Walker, 1849) *''Tephritis posis, T. posis'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1939 *''Tephritis postica, T. postica'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844 *''Tephritis praecox, T. praecox'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis prolixa, T. prolixa'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis protrusa, T. protrusa'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis pterostigma, T. pterostigma'' Chen, 1938 *''Tephritis pulchra, T. pulchra'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis pumila, T. pumila'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis puncta, T. puncta'' (Theodor Becker, Becker, 1908) *''Tephritis pura, T. pura'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1873) *''Tephritis quasiprolixa, T. quasiprolixa'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis rasa, T. rasa'' Eugène Séguy, Séguy, 1934 *''Tephritis recurrens, T. recurrens'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1869 *''Tephritis robusta, T. robusta'' Korneyev, 2013 *''Tephritis rufina, T. rufina'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1871 *''Tephritis rufipennis, T. rufipennis'' Rennie Wilbur Doane, Doane, 1899 *''Tephritis ruralis, T. ruralis'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis rydeni, T. rydeni'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1956 *''Tephritis sahandi, T. sahandi'' Khaghaninia, et al., 2011 *''Tephritis santolinae, T. santolinae'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1934 *''Tephritis sauterina, T. sauterina'' Merz, 1994 *''Tephritis schelkovnikovi, T. schelkovnikovi'' Zaitzev, 1945 *''Tephritis scitula, T. scitula'' (Frederik Maurits van der Wulp, Wulp, 1900) *''Tephritis scorzonerae, T. scorzonerae'' Merz, 1993 *''Tephritis separata, T. separata'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1871 *''Tephritis shansiana, T. shansiana'' Chen, 1940 *''Tephritis signatipennis, T. signatipennis'' Richard H. Foote, Foote, 1960 *''Tephritis simplex, T. simplex'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis sinensis, T. sinensis'' Chen, 1940 *''Tephritis sinica, T. sinica'' (Wang, 1990) *''Tephritis sonchina, T. sonchina'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1937 *''Tephritis spreta, T. spreta'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1861) *''Tephritis stictica, T. stictica'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1862 *''Tephritis stigmatica, T. stigmatica'' (Daniel William Coquillett, Coquillett, 1899) *''Tephritis subpura, T. subpura'' (Johnson, 1909) *''Tephritis subradiata, T. subradiata'' Frederik Maurits van der Wulp, Wulp, 1900 *''Tephritis tanaceti, T. tanaceti'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1956 *''Tephritis tasmaniae, T. tasmaniae'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis tatarica, T. tatarica'' Portschinsky, 1891 *''Tephritis theryi, T. theryi'' Eugène Séguy, Séguy, 1930 *''Tephritis thoracica, T. thoracica'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1931 *''Tephritis triangula, T. triangula'' Ito, 1952 *''Tephritis tridentata, T. tridentata'' Korneyev & Namin, 2013 *''Tephritis truncata, T. truncata'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis trupanea, T. trupanea'' D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy & Drew, 1996 *''Tephritis trypaneina, T. trypaneina'' Erich Martin Hering, Hering, 1953 *''Tephritis turkeri, T. turkeri'' Kütük & Yaran, 2020 *''Tephritis umbrosa, T. umbrosa'' Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968 *''Tephritis urelliosomima, T. urelliosomima'' Korneyev & J.Dirlbek, 2000 *''Tephritis valida, T. valida'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1858) *''Tephritis variata, T. variata'' (Theodor Becker, Becker, 1908) *''Tephritis vespertina, T. vespertina'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1844) *''Tephritis volkovitshi, T. volkovitshi'' (Richter, 1995) *''Tephritis webbii, T. webbii'' Rennie Wilbur Doane, Doane, 1899 *''Tephritis wulpi, T. wulpi'' Norrbom, 1999 *''Tephritis zernyi, T. zernyi'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1927

References

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