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

Genus Paracantha

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Fruit fly ? - Paracantha cultaris - female Paracantha? - Paracantha culta - female What is this? - Paracantha - female Kaleidoscope Fly - Paracantha Paracantha culta? - Paracantha gentilis - female Tan fruit fly - Paracantha culta Picture window fly? - Paracantha culta Paracantha culta? - Paracantha culta - male - 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 Eutretini
Genus Paracantha
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Laksyetsa Foote, 1978(1)
=Neorhabdochaeta Foote, 1941(2)
Explanation of Names
Paracantha Coquillett 1899
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 11 spp. total(2)

Paracantha culta (Wiedemann, 1830): Widespread from Eastern NA, distribution stops around Rocky Mountains
Paracantha cultaris (Coquillett, 1894): Western NA, southward to Costa Rica
Paracantha forficula Benjamin, 1934: NC, SC, Florida, and Texas; rare
Paracantha genalis Malloch, 1941: Western NA, southward to Mexico
Paracantha gentilis Hering, 1940: Western NA, southward to Costa Rica
Range
New World, more diverse in the Neotropics(3)
Works Cited
1.New genera, species and host plant records of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera)
A. L. Norrbom, B. D. Sutton, G. J. Steck, J. Monzón. 2010. Magnolia Press.
2.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
3.Steck G.J., Sutton B.D. (2002) Tephritid flies of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 3 August, 2006 - 6:26pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 8 September, 2021 - 9:47am

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