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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Trypetinae » Carpomyini » Carpomyina » Rhagoletis

Genus Rhagoletis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
fly - Rhagoletis cingulata Apple maggot fly - Rhagoletis pomonella - female Rhagoletis basiola Eastern Cherry Fruit Fly - Rhagoletis cingulata Suave tephritid - Rhagoletis suavis - female Fruit feeder, Symphoricarpos - Rhagoletis Rhagoletis on Snowberry - Rhagoletis Fruit fly - Rhagoletis suavis
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 Carpomyini
Subtribe Carpomyina
Genus Rhagoletis
Explanation of Names
Rhagoletis Loew 1862
Numbers
25 spp. in our area, ~70 spp. total(1)
Identification
They all have a white or yellow scutellum.
Range
New World (2/3 of spp.) + Eurasia(1)
Remarks
see remarks on spider-mimicking here
Internet References
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 April, 2005 - 11:59pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Jeff Hollenbeck, v belov
Last updated 13 June, 2013 - 2:39pm

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