Species Atherigona reversura - Bermudagrass Stem Maggot

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Who are the happy flies? - Atherigona reversura - male - female

Bermudagrass Stem Maggot? - Atherigona reversura

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Muscidae

Subfamily Phaoniinae

Genus Atherigona (Shoot Flies)

Species reversura (Bermudagrass Stem Maggot)

Explanation of Names

Antherigona reversura Villeneuve 1936

Range

native to e./so. Asia (Japan, Indonesia, India); introduced into Hawaii and se. US

Food

Various grasses, especially Bermuda Grass; feeds on the tips only

Remarks

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Detection in GA (Andrews 2011)

Works Cited

1.	Morphology of immature stages of Atherigona reversura (Diptera: Muscidae), with notes on the recent invasion of North America Grzywacz, A., T. Pape, W.G. Hudson, and S. Gomez. 2013. Journal of Natural History, 47: 1055-1067.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 11 November, 2011 - 6:17pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 April, 2016 - 9:52am

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