Aciurina thoracica

Aciurina thoracica
	Desert Broom Gall formed by Aciurina thoracica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Dithrycini
Genus:	Aciurina
Species:	A. thoracica
Binomial name
	Aciurina thoracica; Curran, 1932

Aciurina thoracica is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Aciurina of the family Tephritidae.^[2] It induces galls on plants from the genus Baccharis. ^[3]

Distribution

United States, Mexico.

References

^ Curran, Charles Howard (1932). "New species of Trypaneidae, with key to the North American genera" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (556): 1–19. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ 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.
^ Korneyev, Valery A. (2021-08-12). "Gall-Inducing Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Evolution and Host–Plant Relations". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.578323. ISSN 2296-701X.

[Curran1932-1] Curran, Charles Howard (1932). "New species of Trypaneidae, with key to the North American genera" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (556): 1–19. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[Norrbom1999-2] 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.

[Korneyev_2021_p.-3] Korneyev, Valery A. (2021-08-12). "Gall-Inducing Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Evolution and Host–Plant Relations". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. Frontiers Media SA. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.578323. ISSN 2296-701X.

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