Sphenella fascigera
| Sphenella fascigera | |
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| Tephritis fascigera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephritini |
| Genus: | Sphenella |
| Species: | S. fascigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphenella fascigera | |
Sphenella fascigera or the Senecio gall fly is a species of fruit fly that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the genus Sphenella of the family Tephritidae,[2] one of two families that are called "fruit flies". Its grubs gall in stems and capitula of plants in the Senecio genus.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Malloch, J.R. (1931). "New Zealand Muscidae Acalyptratae. Part VIII. -- Trypetidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 389–404.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Senecio Gall Fly (Sphenella fascigera)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Sphenella fascigera (Malloch, 1931)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Martin, Nicholas A. "Senecio gall fly - Sphenella fascigera". New Zealand Arthropod Factsheet Series Number 31. Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research. Retrieved 10 April 2021.