Rhagoletis

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Rhagoletis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Tribe: Carpomyini
Subtribe: Carpomyina
Genus: Rhagoletis
Diversity
ca. 70 species
Species

R. mendax
R. zephyria
R. pomonella
Lonicera fly
many others

Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about hundred species.

[edit] Name

The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider.


[edit] Species

  • Rhagoletis basiola.
  • Rhagoletis berberis.
  • Rhagoletis boycei.
  • Rhagoletis cerasi Loew
  • Rhagoletis chionanthi.
  • Rhagoletis cingulata.
  • Rhagoletis completa.
  • Rhagoletis cornivora.
  • Rhagoletis ebbettsi.
  • Rhagoletis electromorpha.
  • Rhagoletis fausta.
  • Rhagoletis indifferens.
  • Rhagoletis juglandis.
  • Rhagoletis jumiperina.
  • Rhagoletis mendax.
  • Rhagoletis osmanthi.
  • Rhagoletis persimilis.
  • Rhagoletis pomonella.
  • Rhagoletis ribicola.
  • Rhagoletis striatella.
  • Rhagoletis suavis.
  • Rhagoletis tabellaria.
  • Rhagoletis zephyria.
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