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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Cecidocharini » Procecidocharoides

Genus Procecidocharoides

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Tephritid - Procecidocharoides penelope Fruit Fly - Procecidocharoides penelope Spider Mimic Fly - Procecidocharoides penelope Poor image of Fruit Fly - Procecidocharoides penelope Tephritidae ? - Procecidocharoides penelope Unidentified Fly - Procecidocharoides penelope Procecidocharoides penelope - female Procecidocharoides penelope - Procecidocharoides penelope - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Subfamily Tephritinae
Tribe Cecidocharini
Genus Procecidocharoides
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Procecidocharoides caliginosa Foote, 1960 has been transferred to Cecidochares caliginosa.(1)
Explanation of Names
Procecidocharoides Foote, 1960
Numbers
3 spp. total, all Nearctic(1)
1. Procecidocharoides flavissima Foote, 1960: Northern California
2. Procecidocharoides penelope (Osten Sacken, 1866): Northeastern NA
3. Procecidocharoides pullatus Foote, 1960: Southwestern US + Mexico
Identification
Key to species by Foote (1960).(2)
Works Cited
1.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
2.A New North American Fruit Fly Genus, Procecidocharoides (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Richard H. Foote. 1960. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 53(5): 671–675.
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 16 January, 2010 - 6:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon, Spencer_pote
Last updated 1 August, 2023 - 4:59am

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