Rhagoletis

Cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi, copyright Entomart.

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.

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