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Subtribe Chetostomatina

Mystery Fly.... - Parastenopa limata Fruit Fly - Parastenopa limata Chetostoma rubidum picture-winged fly - Paramyiolia - male Chetostoma rubidum Parastenopa limata - male Delphinia picta - Parastenopa limata Delphinia picta - Parastenopa limata
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 Trypetinae
Tribe Trypetini
Subtribe Chetostomatina
Numbers
5 spp. in 3 genera in our area, 75 spp. in 7 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide except Subsaharan Africa, by far most diverse in Eurasia(1)