Genus Strauzia

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Fruit Flies mating - Strauzia - male - female

Richardiidae? - Strauzia perfecta - female

Some people say this is a fruitfly? - Strauzia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Acalyptratae)

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)

Subfamily Trypetinae

Tribe Trypetini

Genus Strauzia

Numbers

12 spp. total, most in our area(1)

Range

Nearctic genus(1)

Food

Larvae bore in stems of Asteraceae, including sunflowers

Internet References

S. verbesinae species page(2)

Works Cited

1.	Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages, by A.L. Norrbom

2.	Tephritid flies of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, by G.J. Steck & B.D. Sutton

Contributed by Chen Young on 9 November, 2005 - 8:02am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 3 April, 2012 - 6:58pm

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