Tetanops myopaeformis

Tetanops myopaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family: Ulidiidae
Genus: Tetanops
Species: T. myopaeformis
Binomial name
Tetanops myopaeformis

The sugar beet root maggot[1] (Tetanops myopaeformis) is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Tetanops of the family Ulidiidae.[2][3][4] It is a serious pest of sugarbeets in North America.

References

  1. Kathy L. Iverson, Mary C. Bromel, Albin W. Anderson, and Thomas P. Freeman. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1984 Jan; 47(1): 22–27. PMCID: PMC239605, Bacterial Symbionts in the Sugar Beet Root Maggot, Tetanops myopaeformis (von Röder)
  2. myopaeformis
  3. http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053

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