Acanthiophilus

Acanthiophilus
Acanthiophilus helianthi Netherlands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Acanthiophilus Becker, 1908 [1]
Type species
Tetanocera walkeri Wollaston, 1858 [2]

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

1. Becker, T. (1908). "Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln". Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 4 (1): 1–180. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Munro, H.K. (1957). "Trypetidae,". Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-1935. British Museum (Natural History). 2 (9): 853–1054.
6. 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.
7. Hering, E.M. (1939). "Neue Trypetiden der Erde (25. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden)". Verh. VII Int. Kongr. Ent. 1: 165–190.
8. 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.
9. Hering, E.M. "Alte und neue Bohrfliegen der Erde. 29. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Trypetiden (Dipt.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 101: 23–34.
10. 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.
11. "Acanthiophilus Becker, 1908". Fauna Europaea version 2.2. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

External links

• "Study Describes Three New Species of Fruit Flies and Revises Their Genus". Entomology Today. Entomological Society of America. October 2, 2015.