Tephritinae

Life-forms

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

Familia: Tephritidae
Subfamilia: Tephritinae
Tribus (12): Acrotaeniini - Cecidocharini - Dithrycini - Eutretini - Myopitini - Noeetini - Oedaspidini - Schistopterini - Tephrellini - Tephritini - Terelliini - Xyphosiini
Name

Tephritinae Macquart, 1835

Synonyms:

Ditrichinae Malloch, 1941
Myiopitininae Bezzi, 1910
Myioptininae Cresson, 1914
Myopitinae Kloet & Hincks, 1945
Oedaspidinae Foote, 1980
Oedaspinae Hering, 1947
Rhabdochaetinae Bezzi, 1924
Schistopterinae Bezzi, 1918
Schristopterinae Hering, 1942 ???
Tepritinae Munro, 1956

References

Macquart, P.-J.-M. 1835. Historie naturelle des Insectes. Diptères. Tome deuxième, Diptera 2. 703 pp., 12 pls. Collection des suites à Buffon. Paris. BHL Reference page.
Freidberg, A., 2002: Systematics of Schistopterini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae), with descriptions of new genera and species. Systematic Entomology 27 (1): 1–29. DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6970.2001.00162.x
Han, H.Y. , K.E. Ro & B.A. McPheron, 2006: Molecular Phylogeny of the Subfamily Tephritinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) Based on Mitochondrial 16S rDNA Sequences. Molecules and Cells 22 (1): 78–88. Full article: [1].

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Tephritinae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Tephritinae – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.

The Tephritinae are a subfamily of tephritid fruit flies.
Systematics

The Tephritinae are grouped into 11 tribes:

Acrotaeniini: 99 species, 10 genera:

Acrotaenia, Acrotaeniacantha, Acrotaeniostola, Baryplegma, Caenoriata, Euarestopsis, Neotaracia, Polionota, Pseudopolionota, Tetreuaresta and Tomoplagia.

Cecidocharini: 41 species, 8 genera:

Cecidocharella, Cecidochares, Hetschkomyia, Neorhagoletis, Ostracocoelia, Procecidochares, Procecidocharoides and Pyrgotoides.

Dithrycini: 103 species, 12 genera:

Dithryca, Aciurina, Eurosta, Valentibulla, Liepana, Oedaspis, Oedoncus, Peronyma, Ptiloedaspis, Xenodorella, Hendrella and Placaciura.

Eutretini: 96 species, 16 genera:

Afreutreta, Cosmetothrix, Cryptotreta, Dictyotrypeta, Dracontomyia, Eutreta (subgenera Eutreta, Metatephritis and Setosigena), Laksyetsa, Merzomyia, Paracantha, Polymorphomyia, Pseudeutreta, Rachiptera, Stenopa, Strobelia, Tarchonanthea and Xanthomyia.

Myopitini: 132 species, 11 genera:

Asimoneura, Eurasimona, Goedenia, Inuromaesa, Myopites, Myopitora, Neomyopites, Rhynencina, Spinicosta, Stamnophora and Urophora.

Noeetini: 21 species, genera:

Acidogona, Ensina, Hypenidium, Jamesomyia, Noeeta, Paracanthella and Trigonochorium.

Schistopterini: 55 species, 10 genera:

Bactropota, Brachiopterna, Clematochaeta, Cordylopteryx, Eutretosoma, Heringomyia, Pararhabdochaeta, Rhabdochaeta, Rhochmopterum and Schistopterum.

Tephrellini: 178 species, 40 genera:

Aciura, Afraciura, Bezzina (jun syn: Bezziella), Brachyaciura, Chipingomyia, Curticella, Dicheniotes, Dorycricus, Elaphromyia, Ghentia, Gymnaciura, Hyaloctoides, Katonaia, Malagaciura, Malaisinia, Manicomyia, Metasphenisca, Munroella, Namibiocesa, Ocnerioxyna, Oxyaciura, Paraciura, Paraspheniscoides, Paraspheniscus, Pediapelta, Perirhithrum, Platensina, Platomma, Pliomelaena, Psednometopum, Pseudafreutreta, Pterope, Sphaeniscus, Stephanotrypeta, Sundaresta, Tephraciura, Tephrelalis, Tephrella, Triandomelaena and Ypsilomena.

Tephritini: 976 species, 80 genera:

Acanthiophilus, Acronneus, Actinoptera, Allocraspeda, Antoxya, Axiothauma, Bevismyia, Brachydesis, Brachytrupanea, Campiglossa, Capitites, Celidosphenella, Collessomyia, Cooronga, Cryptophorellia, Dectodesis, Deroparia, Desmella, Dioxyna, Donara, Dyseuaresta, Elgonina, Euaresta, Euarestella, Euarestoides, Euryphalara, Euthauma, Freidbergia, Goniurellia, Gymnosagena, Heringina, Homoeothrix, Homoeotricha, Hyalopeza, Hyalotephritis (syn: Tephritites), Insizwa, Lamproxyna, Lamproxynella, Lethyna, Marriottella, Mastigolina, Mesoclanis, Migmella, Multireticula, Namwambina, Neosphaeniscus, Neotephritis, Oedosphenella, Orotava, Orthocanthoides, Oxyna, Oxyparna, Pangasella, Paraactinoptera, Parafreutreta, Parahyalopeza, Paraspathulina, Paratephritis, Peneparoxyna, Peratomixis, Phaeogramma, Pherothrinax, Plaumannimyia, Pseudoedaspis, Ptosanthus, Quasicooronga, Scedella, Soraida, Spathulina, Sphenella, Stelladesis, Tanaica, Telaletes, Tephritis, Tephritomyia, Tephritoresta, Tephrodesis, Trupanea, Trupanodesis, Trypanaresta and Xanthaciura.

Terelliini: 104 species, 6 genera:

Chaetorellia, Chaetostomella, Craspedoxantha, Neaspilota (subgenera Footerellia, Neaspilota and Neorellia), Orellia and Terellia (subgenera Cerajocera and Terellia).

Xyphosiini: 29 species, 5 genera:

Epochrinopsis, Gymnocarena, Icterica, Ictericodes and Xyphosia.

25 species in four genera are not included in any of the above tribes. These incertae sedis genera are:

Acinia, Lilloaciura, Rhithrum and Tanaodema.

Other genera include:

Chejuparia, Mimosophira,

References

Fruit Fly Classification and Diversity Table