Skip to content
Tephritidae
EntityQ626843· pop 42· linked from 3,142 articles

Tephritidae

Sign in to save

Also known as fruit flies, fruit fly, tephritid, tephritids

The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila (in the family Drosophilidae), which is often called the "common fruit fly". Nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly are categorized in almost 500 genera of the Tephritidae. Description, recategorization, and genetic analyses are constantly changing the taxonomy of this family. To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called peacock flies, in

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyTephritidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded420,204

实蝇科(學名:Tephritidae)是家蠅下目的一科双翅目昆虫。

via GBIF

Wikidata facts

Image
Euaresta aequalis.jpg
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Tephritidae
taxon name
Tephritidae
Commons gallery
Tephritidae
taxon common name
sadne muhe
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~11 min read

Article

10 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Ecology
  • Economic importance
  • Systematics
  • Identification
  • Species lists
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila (in the family Drosophilidae), which is often called the "common fruit fly". Nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly are categorized in almost 500 genera of the Tephritidae. Description, recategorization, and genetic analyses are constantly changing the taxonomy of this family. To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called peacock flies, in reference to their elaborate and colorful markings. The name comes from the Greek τεφρος, tephros, meaning "ash grey". They are found in all the biogeographic realms.

==Description== For terms see Morphology of Diptera and Tephritidae glossary

Gallery (4)

Connections

Categories