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Dicheniotes distigma

Dicheniotes distigma is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Dicheniotes of the family Tephritidae.

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Dicheniotes distigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephrellini
Genus: Dicheniotes
Species:
D. distigma
Binomial name
Dicheniotes distigma
Bezzi, 19241
Synonyms
  • Tephrella distigma Bezzi, 19241
  • Brachyaciura discoguttata Hering, 19412

Dicheniotes distigma is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Dicheniotes of the family Tephritidae.3

Distribution

Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa.

References

References

  1. Bezzi, M. (1924). "South African trypaneid Diptera in the collection of the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 19: 449–577. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. Hering, E.M. (1941). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas, insbesondere des Matengo-Hochlandes. I. Diptera: Trypetidae". Annalen der Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. (1940) 51: 193–205.
  3. Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.