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Tribe Myopitini

canada thistle stem galls  - Urophora cardui Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly - Urophora quadrifasciata UV Knapweed Seed Head Fly - Urophora quadrifasciata - male unknown fly  - Urophora - female Flies - Goedenia timberlakei - male - female Salticid Mimic on Tansy - Urophora quadrifasciata Urophora sirunaseva (I believe) - Urophora sirunaseva - male - female Urophora cardui
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 Myopitini
Numbers
17 spp. in 4 genera in our area, >130 spp. in 11 genera worldwide(1)

Goedenia- 9 sp. in our area
Neomyopites- 1 sp. in our area
Rhynencina- 1 sp. in our area
Urophora- 7 sp. introduced to our area
Range
worldwide, most diverse in the Palaearctic(1)