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Tephritoidea
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon
("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily
Tephritoidea
Numbers
8 families in our area
(
1
)
, 10 total (the two missing exotic families include ~13 spp. between them)
Range
worldwide
Print References
Sueyoshi, Masahiro (2005). Comparative Morphology of the Male Terminalia of Tephritidae and other Cyclorrhapha. Isr. J. Entomol. 35:477-496 (
PDF
)
Works Cited
1.
American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by
Richard Leung
on 19 March, 2005 - 9:35pm
Additional contributions by
Robin McLeod
,
Aaron Schusteff
,
v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2013 - 9:24pm