Terellia

Terellia
Terellia serratulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Terelliini
Genus: Terellia
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Terellia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Terellia ruficauda feeds on Canada thistle has been reported to be the most effective biological control agent for that plant. [12] Its larvae parasitize the seed heads of the plant feeding solely upon fertile seed heads.[13]

References

  1. ITIS
  2. Nomen.at
  3. GBIF
  4. Bei-Bienko, G. Ya. Keys to The Insects of The European Part of The USSR (Diptera). 5. Science Publishers, Lebanon. ISBN 978-9004090279. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 White, Ian. M. (1988). "Tephritid Flies". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. London: Royal Entomological Society. 10 (Pt 5a): 1–134.
  6. Korneyev, V. A. (1987). "A revision of the subgenus Cerajocera stat. n. of the genus Terellia (Diptera, Tephritidae) with description of a new species of fruit flies". Zool. Zh. 66: 237–243.
  7. 1 2 Korneyev, V. A. (1985). "Fruit flies of the tribe Terelliini Hendel, 1927 (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the fauna of the USSR". Entomol. Obozr. 64: 626–644.
  8. Merz, B. (1990). "Terellia rhapontici new species, a new tephritid fly from the Swiss Alps (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 63: 189–194.
  9. Whittington, A.E. (2002). "Terellia fuscicornis (Loew, 1844) (Dipt., Tephritidae) new to Britain". Entomologist's monthly Magazine. 138: 119–120.
  10. "subgenus Terellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830". Biolib. Ondřej Zicha. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  11. Smit, J.T. (2010). De Nederlandse boorvliegen (Tephritidae) [The Dutch drill flies (Tephritidae)] (in Dutch). 5. EIS.
  12. Moore 1975, Maw 1976
  13. Lalonde
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