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

Species Terellia fuscicornis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Favorite fly on thistle - Terellia fuscicornis - male Fly with broad tail - Terellia fuscicornis - female unknown fly (?) on Yarrow flowers (Achillea millefolium) - Terellia fuscicornis - female Not Tabanidae - Terellia fuscicornis - male Not Tabanidae - Terellia fuscicornis - male Fly - Terellia fuscicornis - female Fly - Terellia fuscicornis - female Odd Fly - Terellia fuscicornis - female
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 Terelliini
Genus Terellia
Species fuscicornis (Terellia fuscicornis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Trypeta fuscicornis
Explanation of Names
Terellia fuscicornis (Loew 1844)
Range
native to the Palearctic Region, adventive in NA (CA)(1)
Food
Artichokes
Remarks
Introduced intentionally to combat thistles.
Works Cited
1.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 16 September, 2009 - 8:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 7 July, 2020 - 8:44am

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