Tephritis arnicae is a species of picture-winged fly of the family Tephritidae,[6] which are variously known as fruit-flies (North America) or gall flies (Britain and Ireland).[7]

Tephritis arnicae
Tephritis arnicae female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephritini
Genus: Tephritis
Species:
T. arnicae
Binomial name
Tephritis arnicae
Synonyms

The larvae feed in the flowerheads of species of Arnica montana,[8] Doronicum grandiflorum, D. austriacum and D. hungaricum.[9][10]

Distribution

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United Kingdom & Scandinavia, South to France, Bulgaria & Ukraine.

References

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  1. ^ Meigen, J.W. (1826). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 412 pp., pls. 42–54.
  2. ^ Loew, H. (1844). "Kritische Untersuchung der europäische n Arten des Genus Trypeta Meig". Z. Ent. (Germar). 5: 312–437.
  3. ^ Frauenfeld, G.R. von (1857). "Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Trypeten nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten". Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 22: 523–557, 1 pl. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. ^ Hendel, F (1903). "Drei neue boreale Muscidae acalyptratae". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 53: 383–385. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. ^ Becker, Theodor (1905). Cyclorrhapha Schizophora: Holometopa. In Becker,T., Bezzi, M., Kertesz, K, & Stein, P. (eds.), Katalog der Palaarktischen Dipteren. Vol. 4. Budapest. pp. [i] +1–328.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Myers, P. (2015). "Tephritis arnicae: Classification". Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Heilpflanzen hydroponisch: Arnica montana". Hanf Journal Online (in German). 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  9. ^ Korneyev S. V., Mohamadzade Namin S,. Khaganinia S., Zarghani E. 2015. Palearctic species of the genus Tephritis (Diptera, Tephritidae) associated with plants of the tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) — Zootaxa: 4007(2) 207–216.
  10. ^ Merz, B. (1994). Diptera: Tephritidae. Insecta Helvetica Fauna, HGE press, Geneva, 10, 198 pp.