Genus Stenopa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Works Cited

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 Stenopa

Explanation of Names

Stenopa Loew, 1873

Numbers

3 spp., 2 in our region; S. mexicana only found in Central Mexico(1)

Stenopa affinis Quisenberry, 1949: Mountain West

Stenopa vulnerata: (Loew, 1873): Widespread USA / S. Canada

Life Cycle

Two species with known life histories develop in the flowerheads of Packera Á. Löve & D. Löve.(1)

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.

Contributed by Spencer Pote on 1 February, 2020 - 9:50pm
Last updated 7 September, 2021 - 8:32pm

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