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

Tribe Acrotaeniini

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Tomoplagia? - Tomoplagia cressoni Fly - Tomoplagia cressoni - male Tomoplagia obliqua - female? - Tomoplagia obliqua - female Fruit fly - Tomoplagia obliqua - male Tephritidae - Tomoplagia obliqua Tephritidae, ventral - Tomoplagia obliqua Arizona Fly for ID - Tomoplagia - female Tomoplagia obliqua
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 Acrotaeniini
Numbers
10 spp. in 5 genera in our area, ~100 spp. in 10 genera worldwide(1)
Range
predominantly Neotropical (96 spp. in 10 genera)(1)
Works Cited
1.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 4 March, 2007 - 8:11pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 22 May, 2011 - 9:37pm

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