
Belongs within: Tephritidae.
Rhagoletis is a genus of fruit flies with multiple brown bands on the wings, crossveins r-m and dm-cu covered by separate bands, and a strong facial carina. Larvae feed on fruits of a range of plant families (Norrbom 2010).
<==Rhagoletis |--R. basiolaR84 |--R. berberidesR84 |--R. berberisR84 |--R. boyceiR84 |--R. cerasiR84 |--R. cingulataR84 |--R. completaR84 |--R. cornivoraR84 |--R. faustaR84 |--R. indifferensR84 |--R. juglandisR84 |--R. juniperinaR84 |--R. lycopersellaN10 |--R. mendaxR84 |--R. novaN10 |--R. pomonellaN10 |--R. ribicolaR84 |--R. striatellaN10 |--R. suavisR84 |--R. tabellariaR84 |--R. tomatisN10 `--R. zephyriaR84
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[N10] Norrbom, A. L. 2010. Tephritidae (fruit flies, moscas de frutas). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 2 pp. 909–954. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.
[R84] Rogers, J. S. 1984. Deriving phylogenetic trees from allele frequencies. Systematic Zoology 33 (1): 52–63.