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Tephrodesis

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

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Tephrodesis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Tephrodesis
Merz, 19991
Type species
Trypanea pulchella
Bezzi, 19242

Tephrodesis is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.3

References

References

  1. Merz, B. (1999). Phylogeny of the Paleartic and Afrotropical genera of the Tephritis group (Tephritinae: Tephritini). Pp. 629-669. In Aluja, M. & Norrbom, A. L. (eds.), Fruit flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. [16] + 944 pp.
  2. 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.
  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.