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Species Trupanea texana

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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 Tephritini
No Taxon (Tephritis group)
Genus Trupanea
Species texana (Trupanea texana)
Explanation of Names
Trupanea texana Malloch, 1942
Originally described from Texas
Range
Southern California to Louisiana, up Mississippi valley to Iowa(1)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico
Richard H. Foote, P. L. Blanc, Allen L. Norrbom. 1993. Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing).
Contributed by John F. Carr on 31 March, 2010 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by Spencer_pote
Last updated 10 July, 2020 - 3:34pm

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