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Subfamily Dacinae - Tropical Fruit Flies

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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 Dacinae (Tropical Fruit Flies)
Numbers
no native taxa in our area, almost 1100 spp. in >40 genera worldwide(1)
Range
Old World, most diverse in the tropics; represented in the New World by 2 spp. in the Neotropics and some adventive spp.(1)
Works Cited
1.Norrbom A.L. (2004-2010) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) taxonomy pages
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 4 March, 2007 - 7:58pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 17 February, 2017 - 4:11pm

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