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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Xyphosiini » Gymnocarena

Genus Gymnocarena

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Picture-wing Fly? - Gymnocarena diffusa Rose Hip Fly (Rhagoletis basiola) ? - Gymnocarena norrbomi Rose Hip Fly (Rhagoletis basiola) ? - Gymnocarena norrbomi a fly or similar - Gymnocarena diffusa Fruit Fly - Gymnocarena tricolor 14Jun2017.ecotone.HN.Dip4 - Gymnocarena norrbomi Fly -- Tephritidae? - Gymnocarena diffusa gymnocarena - Gymnocarena norrbomi
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 Xyphosiini
Genus Gymnocarena
Explanation of Names
Gymnocarena Hering 1940
Numbers
6 spp. in our region, 19 spp. total(1)
Identification
Revised in(1)
Range
Nearctic genus(2)
Food
known hosts: Helianthus, Verbesina (Asteraceae)(3)
Internet References
M. mississippiensis species page(3)
Works Cited
1.New species of Gymnocarena from eastern North America and Guatemala, and the redescription of G. mississippiensis
Bruce D. Sutton, Gary J. Steck, Allen L. Norrbom. 2012. Entomological Society of Canada.
2.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
3.Steck G.J., Sutton B.D. (2002) Tephritid flies of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 7 August, 2006 - 2:03pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 19 July, 2020 - 3:00pm

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