Rhagoletis
| Rhagoletis | |
|---|---|
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| Rhagoletis cerasi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Trypetinae |
| Tribe: | Carpomyiini |
| Subtribe: | Carpomyina |
| Genus: | Rhagoletis Loew, 1862 |
| Species | |
many others | |
| Diversity | |
| ca. 70 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Zonosema Loew, 1862 | |
Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about hundred species.
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.
Species
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- Rhagoletis alternata (Fallén, 1814)
- Rhagoletis basiola. (Osten Sacken, 1877)
- Rhagoletis berberis. Jermy, 1961
- Rhagoletis boycei. Cresson, 1929
- Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) cherry fruit fly
- Rhagoletis chionanthi. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis cingulata. (Loew, 1862) eastern cherry fruit fly
- Rhagoletis completa. Cresson, 1929 Walnut Husk Fly
- Rhagoletis cornivora. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis ebbettsi. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis electromorpha. Berlocher, 1984
- Rhagoletis fausta. (Osten Sacken, 1877)
- Rhagoletis indifferens. Curran, 1932 cherry fruit fly
- Rhagoletis juglandis. Cresson, 1920 walnut-husk-infesting fly
- Rhagoletis jumiperina. Marcovitch, 1915
- Rhagoletis meigenii (Loew, 1844)
- Rhagoletis mendax. Curran, 1932 blueberry maggot
- Rhagoletis osmanthi. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis persimilis. Bush, 1966
- Rhagoletis pomonella. (Walsh, 1867) apple maggot fly, railroad worm
- Rhagoletis ribicola. Doane, 1898
- Rhagoletis striatella. Wulp, 1899
- Rhagoletis suavis. (Loew, 1862) Walnut Husk Maggot
- Rhagoletis tabellaria. (Fitch, 1855)
- Rhagoletis zephyria. Snow, 1894
External links
On the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site