Species Rhagoletis fausta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · 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 Trypetinae

Tribe Carpomyini

Subtribe Carpomyina

Genus Rhagoletis

Species fausta (Rhagoletis fausta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhagoletis intrudens Aldrich, 1909

Explanation of Names

Rhagoletis fausta (Osten Sacken, 1877)

Life Cycle

Mainly infests fruit of Prunus emarginata in western range, Prunus pensylvanica in eastern range(1); has also been found to minorly infest 5 other species of Prunus(2).

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).

2.	An annotated host catalog of the fruit flies of America North of Mexico (Diptera: Tephritidae) Marius S. Wasbauer. 1972. California Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 23 February, 2012 - 4:26pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 6 July, 2020 - 2:47pm

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