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Checklist for Family Tephritidae Newman, 1834 (Fruit flies)
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
92
1473
4451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
73
1219
3058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
57
909
2090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
53
799
1799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
417
1036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tephritoidea
Newman, 1834
7
133
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTephritidae
Newman, 1834
Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Gall flies, Greater Fruit Flies
61
213
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
61 Genera with 213 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTX
Acanthiophilus Becker, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Aethiothemara Hendel, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Anastrepha Schiner, 18686SpeciesTaxom
Bactrocera Macquart, 19897SpeciesTaxom
Bezzina Munro, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Bibundia Bischoff, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Bistrispinaria Speiser, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Campiglossa Rondani, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Capparimyia Bezzi, 19203SpeciesTaxom
Carpophthoromyia Austen, 17948SpeciesTaxom
Celidodacus Hendel, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Ceratitis Mackleay, 200643SpeciesTaxom
Clinotaenia Bezzi, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelopacidia Enderlein, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Coelotrypes Bezzi, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Conradtina Enderlein, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Craspedoxantha Bezzi, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophorellia Freidberg & ..., 19891SpeciesTaxom
Dacus Collart, 200964SpeciesTaxom
Dioxyna Frey, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Dyseuaresta Hendel, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Elaphromyia Bigot, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Eutreta Loew, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Goniurellia Hendel, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Gymnaciura Hering, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Hyaloctoides Munro, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Leucotaeniella Bezzi, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Mastigolina Munro, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Meracanthomyia Hendel, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Notomma Bezzi, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Ocnerioxa Speiser, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Ostracocoelia Giglio-Tos, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Paraciura Hering, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Paradesis Pocock, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Paraspheniscoides Hering, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Parastenopa Hendel, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Pardalaspis Bezzi, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Perilampsis Bezzi, 19248SpeciesTaxom
Platensina Enderlein, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Platomma Bezzi, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Pseudafreutreta Hering, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyoleja Han & Freidberg, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophorellia Da Costa Lima, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pterandrus Bezzi, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptiloniola Hendel, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdochaeta Meijere, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Rhagoletis Loew, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Rhochmopterum Speiser, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Scedella Munro, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Spathulina Rondani, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Stephanotrypeta Hendel, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Tachiniscidia Malloch, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Taomyia Bezzi, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tephraciura Hering, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Tephritis Latreille, 18353SpeciesTaxom
Tephritoresta Hering, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Themarictera Hendel, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Trirhithrum Bezzi, 191115SpeciesTaxom
Trupanea Schrank, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Trypeta 6-incisa Tho..., 18532SpeciesTaxom
Xanthaciura Hendel, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
213 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthiophilus helianthi Rossi, 1794Safflower fly
Acanthiophilus melanoxanthus Hering, 1938Spring pheasant's eye
Aethiothemara fallacivena Enderlein, 1911
Aethiothemara speiseriana Bezzi, 1924
Anastrepha avispa Norrbom, 1998
Anastrepha distincta Greene, 1934Pittsford's woodfern
Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart, 1835)⇒ Anastrepha crebra Stone, 1942
Anastrepha serpentina Wiedemann, 1830Dark fruit fly
Anastrepha spatulata Stone, 1942West Indian buckthorn
Anastrepha striata Schiner, 1868Broadleaf water-milfoil
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) abdonigella Drew, 1971
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis Hendel, 1912Oriental fruit fly
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) invadens Drew, Tsurut..., 2005
Bactrocera (Gymnodacus) mesomelas Bezzi, 1908
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) cucurbitae Coquillett, 1899Melon fly
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) curcubitae Coquillett, 1899
Bactrocera (Zeugodacus) stenoma Wang & Zhao, 1989
Bibundia hermanni Bischof, 1903
Bistrispinaria fortis Speiser, 1913
Bistrispinaria woodi Bezzi, 1924
Capparimyia aristata De Meyer & F..., 2005
Capparimyia bipustulata Bezzi, 1923
Capparimyia melanaspis Bezzi, 1920
Carpophthoromyia dimidiata Bezzi, 1924
Carpophthoromyia dividua De Meyer, 2006
Carpophthoromyia interrupta De Meyer, 2006
Carpophthoromyia nigribasis Enderlein, 1920
Carpophthoromyia pseudotritea Bezzi, 1918
Carpophthoromyia scutellata Walker, 1853
Carpophthoromyia tritea Walker, 1849
Carpophthoromyia vittata Fabricius, 1794
Celidodacus obnubilus Karsch, 1887
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) connexa Bezzi, 1926
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) cosyra Walker, 1849Mango fruit fly
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) discussa Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) dumeti Munro, 1933
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) giffardi Bezzi, 1912
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) grahami Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) guttiformis Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) lentigera Munro, 1933
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) lineata Hering, 1938
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) lunata Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) melanopus Hering, 1942
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) morstatti Bezzi, 1912
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) nana Munro, 1933
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) neostictica Meyer, 1998
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) ovalis Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) quinaria Bezzi, 1918Five-spotted fruit fly
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) sarcocephali Bezzi, 1924
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) silvestrii Bezzi, 1912
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) stictica Bezzi, 1909
Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) striatella Munro, 1935
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) antistictica Bezzi, 1913
Ceratitis (Ceratitis) capitata Wiedemann, 1824Medfly
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) bremii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Grass fern
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) ditissima Munro, 1938
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) edwardsi Munro, 1957
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) hamata Meyer, 1996
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) punctata Wiedemann, 1824Cacao fruit fly
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) semipunctata Meyer, 1996
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) acicularis Munro, 1969
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) anonae Graham, 1908Annona fruit fly
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) barbata Meyer & Frei..., 2006
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) bicincta (Enderlein, 1920)⇒ Trirhithrum bicinctum Enderlein, 1920
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) colae Silvestri, 1913Chocolate-band snail
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) fasciventris Bezzi, 1920
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) flexuosa Walker, 1853
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) lepida Munro, 1969
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) pedestris Bezzi, 1924Strychnos fruit fly
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) penicillata Bigot, 1891
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) stipula Meyer & Frei..., 2006
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) tripteris Munro, 1957
Ceratitis (Pterandrus) whitei Meyer & Frei..., 2006
Ceratitis flava Meyer & Frei..., 2006
Ceratitis paracolae Meyer & Frei..., 2006
Coelopacidia strigata Bezzi, 1920
Coelotrypes pulchellus Bezzi, 1920
Conradtina acroleuca Wiedemann, 1830
Craspedoxantha bafut Freidberg & ..., 1990
Craspedoxantha marginalis Wiedemann, 1818
Craspedoxantha polyspila Bezzi, 1924
Cryptophorellia longicauda Freidberg & ..., 1989
Dacus (Dacus) armatus Fabricius, 1805
Dacus (Dacus) bakingiliensis Hancock, 1985
Dacus (Dacus) bipartitus (Bezzi, 1913)⇒ Dacus momordicae Bezzi, 1915
Dacus (Dacus) bivittatus Bigot, 1858Pumpkin fruit fly
Dacus (Dacus) collarti Munro, 1938
Dacus (Dacus) croceus Munro, 1957
Dacus (Dacus) diastatus Munro, 1984
Dacus (Dacus) disjunctus Bezzi, 1915
Dacus (Dacus) flavicrus Graham, 1910
Dacus (Dacus) guineensis Hering, 1944Smallflower columbine
Dacus (Dacus) humeralis Bezzi, 1915Perkins's fruit fly
Dacus (Dacus) limbipennis (Macquart, 1843)⇒ Dacus armatus Fabricius, 1805
Dacus (Dacus) momordicae Bezzi, 1915
Dacus (Dacus) pleuralis Collart, 1935
Dacus (Dacus) punctatifrons Karsch, 1887
Dacus (Dacus) schoutedeni Collart, 1935
Dacus (Dacus) setilatens Munro, 1984
Dacus (Dacus) taurus Munro, 1937
Dacus (Dacus) theophrastus Hering, 1941
Dacus (Dacus) transitorius Collart, 1935
Dacus (Dacus) verecundus Collart, 1940
Dacus (Didacus) albiseta White & Goodger, 2009
Dacus (Didacus) aspilus Bezzi, 1924
Dacus (Didacus) binotatus Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Dacus (Didacus) botianus Munro, 1984
Dacus (Didacus) brevis Coquillett, 1901
Dacus (Didacus) brevistriga Walker, 1861Feay's milkweed
Dacus (Didacus) carnesi Munro, 1984
Dacus (Didacus) ceropegiae Munro, 1984
Dacus (Didacus) ciliatus Loew, 1862Cucurbit fly
Dacus (Didacus) congoensis White, 2006
Dacus (Didacus) elutissimus Bezzi, 1924
Dacus (Didacus) fasciolatus Collart, 1940
Dacus (Didacus) frontalis Becker, 1922Greater melon fly
Dacus (Didacus) fuscovittatus Graham, 1910
Dacus (Didacus) gypsoides Munro, 1933
Dacus (Didacus) langi Curran, 1927
Dacus (Didacus) lounsburyii Coquillett, 1901
Dacus (Didacus) plagiatus Collart, 1935
Dacus (Didacus) serratus Munro, 1984
Dacus sphaeristicus pleuralis Collart, 1935
Dacus (Didacus) trigonus Bezzi, 1919
Dacus (Didacus) umbeluzinus Munro, 1984
Dacus (Didacus) vertebratus Bezzi, 1908Jointed pumpkin fly
Dacus (Leptoxyda) annulatus Becker, 1903
Dacus (Leptoxyda) chapini Curran, 1927
Dacus (Leptoxyda) hamatus Bezzi, 1917
Dacus (Leptoxyda) inflatus Munro, 1939
Dacus (Leptoxyda) inornatus Bezzi, 1909
Dacus (Leptoxyda) longistylus (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Dacus persicus Hendel, 1927
Dacus (Leptoxyda) macer Bezzi, 1919
Dacus (Leptoxyda) maynei Bezzi, 1924
Dacus (Leptoxyda) persicus Hendel, 1927Pennsylvania buttercup
Dacus (Leptoxyda) velutifrons White & Goodger, 2009
Dacus acutus White & Goodger, 2009
Dacus fuscovitttatus Graham, 1910
Dacus gabonensis White, 2006
Dacus goergeni De Meyer, Wh..., 2013
Dacus kurrensis White & Goodger, 2009
Dacus mediovittatus White, 2006
Dacus parvimaculatus White, 2006
Dacus senegalensis White & Goodger, 2009
Dacus umehi White, 2006
Dacus xanthinus White & Goodger, 2009
Dioxyna picciola Bigot, 1857
Dioxyna sororcula (Wiedemann, 1830)⇒ Dioxyna picciola Bigot, 1857
Elaphromyia adatha Walker, 1849
Eutreta (Eutreta) distincta Schiner, 1868
Goniurellia munroi Freidberg, 1980
Gymnaciura austeni Munro, 1935
Hyaloctoides bioculatus Bezzi, 1920
Leucotaeniella guttipennis Bezzi, 1920
Leucotaeniella mambillae Hancock, 1999
Mastigolina bequaerti Munro, 1934
Meracanthomyia antennata Hendel, 1912
Notomma bioculatum Bezzi, 1920
Ocnerioxa discreta Bezzi, 1920
Ocnerioxa pennata Speiser, 1915
Ostracocoelia mirabilis Giglio-Tos, 1893
Paraciura perpicillaris Bezzi, 1920
Paradesis hexapoda Bezzi, 1918
Paraspheniscoides binarius Loew, 1861
Perilampsis atra Munro, 1969
Perilampsis decellei Munro, 1969
Perilampsis deemingi De Meyer, 2009
Perilampsis formosula Austen, 1910
Perilampsis furcata Munro, 1969
Perilampsis pulchella Austen, 1910
Perilampsis thyene (Munro, 1939)⇒ Perilampsis amazuluana Munro, 1929
Perilampsis woodi Bezzi, 1924
Platensina diaphasis Bigot, 1891
Platomma nigrantior Munro, 1963
Pseudafreutreta fatua Hering, 1942
Pseudomyoleja flavicrus Han & Freidberg, 1994
Pseudophorellia hansoni Norrbom, 2006
Ptiloniola tripunctulata Karsch, 1887
Rhabdochaeta nigra Bezzi, 1924
Rhagoletis solanophaga Hernandez-Or..., 1999
Scedella boxiana Munro, 1957
Scedella cyana Walker, 1849
Spathulina acroleuca Schiner, 1868
Stephanotrypeta taeniaptera Bezzi, 1923
Tachiniscidia africana Malloch, 1931
Taomyia marshalli Bezzi, 1920
Tephraciura semiangusta Bezzi, 1918
Tephritis conura Loew, 1844
Tephritis hemimelaena Bezzi, 1920
Tephritis unifasciata Macquart, 1835
Tephritoresta debilis Hering, 1942
Themarictera flaveolata Fabricius, 1805
Trirhithrum basale Bezzi, 1924
Trirhithrum bicinctum Enderlein, 1920
Trirhithrum brachypterum Munro, 1934
Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi, 1918Coffee fruit fly
Trirhithrum dimorphum Munro, 1934
Trirhithrum ebenum Seguy, 1941
Trirhithrum fraternum Munro, 1934
Trirhithrum gagatinum Bezzi, 1918
Trirhithrum homogeneum Bezzi, 1924
Trirhithrum inscriptum (Graham, 1910)⇒ Trirhithrum coffeae Bezzi, 1918
Trirhithrum leonense White & Hancock, 2003
Trirhithrum meladiscum Munro, 1938
Trirhithrum nigerrimum Bezzi, 1913
Trirhithrum nigrum Graham, 1910
Trirhithrum obscurum (Enderlein, 1911)⇒ Trirhithrum nigrum Graham, 1910
Trupanea cosmina (Hendel, 1938)⇒ Trupanea convergens Hering, 1936
Trupanea falcata Munro, 1964
Trupanea kraussi Munro, 1964
Trupanea spadix Munro, 1964
Trypeta hysia Walker, 1849
Trypeta scutellata (Walker, 1853)⇒ Carpophthoromyia scutellata Walker, 1853

Subnodes of Tephritidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyDacinae
Munro, 1984
Old World Fruit Flies
10
152
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhytalmiinae
Hendel, 1914
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTachiniscinae
Kertesz, 1903
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTephritinae
Newman, 1834
29
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrypetinae
Loew, 1861
15
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



Tephritidae (Newman 1834)
Tephritidae (Newman 1834)


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