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

Genus Neaspilota

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Green-eyed fly - Neaspilota - male Fruit Fly - Neaspilota signifera - female Fruit Fly - Neaspilota signifera - female Fruit Fly - Neaspilota - male fruit fly sp.? - Neaspilota Neaspilota - Neaspilota alba - female Family Tephritidae - Neaspilota Fly - Neaspilota
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 Terelliini
Genus Neaspilota
Explanation of Names
Neaspilota Osten Sacken 1878
Numbers
20 spp. in 3 subgenera (¾ in Neorellia), all in our area(1)
Range
nearctic genus(1)
Print References
Species pages(2): N. albidipennis, N. reticulata, N. vernoniae
Works Cited
1.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
2.Steck G.J., Sutton B.D. (2002) Tephritid flies of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 4 October, 2006 - 2:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 13 June, 2013 - 3:02pm

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