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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Dithrycini » Aciurina » Desert Broom Gallfly (Aciurina thoracica)

Species Aciurina thoracica - Desert Broom Gallfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References
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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 Dithrycini
Genus Aciurina
Species thoracica (Desert Broom Gallfly)
Explanation of Names
Aciurina thoracica (Curran, 1932)
Size
~6mm (Curran, 1932)
Range
California and Arizona.
Season
Adults occur January to November.
Food
Larvae feed on sap from Baccharis spp. (Headrick & Goeden, 1993)
Life Cycle
Forms galls on Baccharis spp. branches. (Headrick & Goeden, 1993)
Print References
Curran, C. H., & Jones, S. C. (1932). New species of Trypaneidae, with key to the North American genera. American Museum novitates; no. 556. Full Text Here - Original Description (p.11)

Headrick, D. H., & Goeden, R. D. (1993). Life history and description of immature stages of Aciurina thoracica (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Baccharis sarothroides in southern California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 86(1), 68-79. Full Text Here
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Contributed by Martin Hauser on 9 August, 2012 - 11:39am
Additional contributions by Nathaniel Green, Spencer_pote
Last updated 3 November, 2020 - 10:29am

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