Rhagoletis

Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 species.

Rhagoletis
Rhagoletis cerasi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Trypetinae
Tribe: Carpomyini
Subtribe: Carpomyina
Genus: Rhagoletis
Loew, 1862
Species

many others

Diversity
ca. 70 species
Synonyms
  • Megarrhagoletis Rohdendorf, 1961
  • Microrrhagoletis Rohdendorf, 1961
  • Rhagolitis Van Duzee, 1911
  • Zonosema Loew, 1862
  • Zonosena Johnson, 1903

Name

The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider.

Species

Synonyms:

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Database

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