Rhagoletis

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

Rhagoletis
Rhagoletis cerasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Trypetinae
Tribe: Carpomyiini
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
Rhagoletis suavis

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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