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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Trypetinae » Rhagoletis

Genus Rhagoletis

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References
R. striatella - Rhagoletis striatella Walnut Husk Fly? - Rhagoletis completa Fruit Fly - Rhagoletis - male - female Rhagoletis Fruit Fly? - Rhagoletis basiola - female Fly on Cherries - Rhagoletis cingulata Fly on Cherries - Rhagoletis cingulata Eastern Cherry Fruit Fly - Rhagoletis cingulata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Acalyptratae)
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Subfamily Trypetinae
Genus Rhagoletis
Numbers
24 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Remarks
see remarks on spider-mimicing on Tephritidae page here
Internet References
links to species - descriptions and images (Pest Fruit Flies of the World, US Dept. Agriculture)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 April, 2005 - 11:59pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck
Last updated 12 October, 2006 - 9:02pm

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