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Orthocanthoides

Orthocanthoides is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.

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Orthocanthoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Orthocanthoides
Freidberg, 19871
Type species
Orthocanthoides aristae
Freidberg, 19871

Orthocanthoides is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.2

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References

  1. Freidberg, A. (1987). "Orthocanthoides aristae, a remarkable new genus and species of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Mt. Kenya". Annals of the Natal Museum. 28: 551–559. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. 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.