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Ypsilomena compacta

Ypsilomena compacta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Ypsilomena of the family Tephritidae.

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Ypsilomena compacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephrellini
Genus: Ypsilomena
Species:
Y. compacta
Binomial name
Ypsilomena compacta
Bezzi, 19241
Synonyms
  • Spheniscomyia compacta Bezzi, 1924

Ypsilomena compacta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Ypsilomena of the family Tephritidae.2

Distribution

Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, 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. 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.