Acanthiophilus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Tephritoidea

Familia: Tephritidae
Genus: Acanthiophilus
Species: A. minor – A. summissus – A. unicus
Name

Acanthiophilus Becker
References
Additional references

Morgulis, E., Freidberg, A. & Dorchin, N. 2015. Phylogenetic Revision of Acanthiophilus (Diptera: Tephritidae), with a Description of Three New Species and a Discussion of Zoogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108(6): 1060–1087. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/sav087 Reference page.

Acanthiophilus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.[3]
Species

A. brunneus Munro, 1934[4]
A. ciconia Munro, 1957[5]
A. helianthi (Rossi, 1794)[6]
A. lugubris Hering, 1939[7]
A. minor Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015[8]
A. summissus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015[8]
A. unicus Morgulis & Freidburg, 2015[8]
A. walkeri (Wollaston, 1858)[2]

The following have been reassigned to other genera:[8]

A. astrophorus Hering, 1939[7]
A. coarctatus Hering, 1942
A. koehleri Hering, 1940[9]
A. melanoxanthus Hering, 1938
A. trypaneodes Hering, 1937[10]

Global distribution

Acanthiophilus is a predominantly Afrotropical genus. One species, A. helianthi is found in Europe, to Mongolia, North Africa, Afghanistan & Thailand.[11] as well as at the Canary islands, in India and Sri-Lanka.
References

Becker, T. (1908). "Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln". Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 4 (1): 1–180. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
Wollaston, T.V. (1858). "Brief diagnostic characters of undescribed Madeiran insects [concl.]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1 (3): 113–125, 2 pls. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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.
Munro, H.K. (1934). "Further notes on African Trypetidae (Diptera) in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, with descriptions of three new species" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 739: 5. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
Munro, H.K. (1957). "Trypetidae,". Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-1935. British Museum (Natural History). 2 (9): 853–1054.
Rossi, P. (1794). Mantissa insectorum, exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas, adiectis Faunae Etruscae illustrationibus, ac emendationibus. Pisis [=Pisa].: Polloni. pp. 154 pp., 8 pls.
Hering, E.M. (1939). "Neue Trypetiden der Erde (25. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden)". Verh. VII Int. Kongr. Ent. 1: 165–190.
Morgulis, Elizabeth; Freidberg, Amnon; Dorchin, Netta (2015). "Phylogenetic Revision of Acanthiophilus (Diptera: Tephritidae), With a Description of Three New Species and a Discussion of Zoogeography". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 108 (6): 1060–1087. doi:10.1093/aesa/sav087.
Hering, E.M. "Alte und neue Bohrfliegen der Erde. 29. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden (Dipt.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 101: 23–34.
Hering, E.M. (1937). "Neue Bohrfliegen aus der Beckerschen Sammlung. (Dipt.) (16. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetidae)". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 22: 244–264.
"Acanthiophilus Becker, 1908". Fauna Europaea version 2.2. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2010.