Genus Neaspilota

Classification · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Tephritidae - Neaspilota like? - Neaspilota

Fruit Fly - Neaspilota signifera - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Acalyptratae)

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)

Subfamily Tephritinae

Tribe Terelliini

Genus Neaspilota

Numbers

20 spp. in 3 subgenera (¾ in Neorellia), all in our area(1)

Range

nearctic genus(1)

Print References

Species pages(2): N. albidipennis, N. reticulata, N. vernoniae

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 Martin Hauser on 4 October, 2006 - 2:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 2:09pm

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