Dioxyna picciola is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Dioxyna of the family Tephritidae.[8] It feeds on a wide variety of Asteraceae.[9]

Dioxyna picciola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Dioxyna
Species:
D. picciola
Binomial name
Dioxyna picciola
(Bigot, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acinia picciola Bigot, 1857[1]
  • Trypeta aurifera Thomson, 1869[2]
  • Trypeta humilis Loew, 1862[3]
  • Dioxyna piccicola Dirlbek & Dirlbekova, 1973[4]
  • Dioxyna piccola Hardy, 1988[5]
  • Dioxyna plicicollis Hardy & Foote, 1989[6]
  • Tephritis pucciola Washburn, 1905[7]

Distribution

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Canada, United States Costa Rica, Bermuda, West Indies.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bigot, J.M.F. (1857). Dipteros. Pp. 328-349, pl. 20. In Sagra, R. de la (ed.), Historia fisica, politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunde parte. Historia natural. Vol. 7 (crustaceos, aragnidos e insectos). Paris: A. Bertrand. pp. xxxii + 371. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ^ Thomson, C.G. (1869). Diptera. Species nova descripsit. Pp. 443-614, In Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C. A. Virgin, åren1851-1853. 2 (Zoologi) 1, Insecta. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner. pp. 617 pp., pl. 9.
  3. ^ Loew, Hermann (1862). Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I. Smithsonian. Misc. Coll. 6(1) [= No. 141]. Washington: Smithsonian. pp. xxiv + 221. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ Dirlbek, J.; Dirlbekova, O. (1973). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis einiger Bohrfliegen (Diptera, Trypetidae) von Cuba". Cas. Morav. Mus. Ved. Prir. 58: 121–129.
  5. ^ Hardy, D.E. (1988). "The Tephritinae of Indonesia, New Guinea, the Bismarck and Solomon islands (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Bishop Museum Bulletins in Entomology. 1: vii + 92.
  6. ^ Hardy, D.E.; Foote, R.H. (1989). "Family Tephritidae". Cat. Dipt. Austr.: 502–531.
  7. ^ Washburn, Frederic Leonard (1905). "The Diptera of Minnesota.: Two-winged flies affecting the farm, garden, stock and household". Annual Report of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. 93: 19–168, 1 pl.
  8. ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). Thompson, F. C. (ed.). Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. Vol. 9. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Bugguide.net. Species Dioxyna picciola|access-date=2020-07-06

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard H. Foote; P. L. Blanc; Allen L. Norrbom (1993). Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico. Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing).
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