The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila, which is often called the "common fruit fly". Nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly are categorized in almost 500 genera of the Tephritidae. Description, recategorization, and genetic analyses are constantly changing the taxonomy of this family. To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called peacock flies, in reference to their elaborate and colorful markings. The name comes from the Greek τεφρος, tephros, meaning "ash grey". They are found in all the biogeographic realms.
It has a body length of 5 mm (0.20 in) and a wingspan of 5.5 mm (0.22 in). The head is tan. The forehead is slightly wider than the width of the eyes and becomes narrower towards the bottom. It has fine brown hair. Antennae reach the front of the mouth margin, and the third antennal segment is brown and 1.8 times longer than the width. The chest is tan. The wings are transparent and have dark brown patterns. The thorax is dark brown. The abdomen is yellowish-brown, the basal segment of the ovipositor is dark brown, and there is a central brown stripe on the back. It is distributed in the south-central part of Korea and is endemic to Korea.
Alsangelisca is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Clusiosomina is a genus of tephritid fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. Occurring in eastern Australia, it is a monotypic taxon with the single species Clusiosomina puncticeps.
Poecilothea is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Quasirhabdochaeta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.There are only one species from this genus are:
Perilampsis amazuluana is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Perilampsis of the family Tephritidae.
Anastrepha bivittata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Anastrepha of the family Tephritidae. The only known host plant is Gessiopermum laeve (Vell.) Miers.
Rhagoletis bagheera is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae.
Rhagoletis penela is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae.
Trypeta beatifica is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Trypeta of the family Tephritidae.
Phorelliosoma hexachaeta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Phorelliosoma of the family Tephritidae.
Oedicarena persuasa is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Oedicarena of the family Tephritidae.
Rhagoletis meigenii, common name barberry fly or yellow berberis fruit fly, is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae.
Trypeta immaculata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Trypeta of the family Tephritidae.
Goniglossum wiedemanni is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae, and the only species in the genus Goniglossum.
Elgiva cucularia is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .Long. : 5-8 mm.Overall it is coloured yellowish-brown with a bluish-gray body. The head is characterized by silky black dots at the bases of the anterior orbital setae, between the bases of the antennae and the edges of the compound eyes, and in the centre of the occiput. The third antenna segment is a little shorter than the second. The mesonotum is black with a grey ground and grey pruinosity.There are longitudinal, brown stripes on the dorsum of the thorax: two narrow in the middle and two wide on the sides. One mesopleural bristle amongst short setae.The prothorax is bare. The yellowish smoky wings are 5.2 to 6.8 mm long and have fuzzy spots on the front half. The legs and abdomen are yellow. The lower surfaces of the hind femora are equipped with setae, while the front pair lacks them.The abdomen is rufous.For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Larvae of E. cucularia are predators of aquatic, pulmonate snails in the families Lymnaeidae, Physidae, and Planorbidae.
Campiglossa absinthii is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. The species is found in the Palearctic. Long. : 3-4 mm. The body is ashy grey; the humeral callus and part of pleura yellowish. The mesonotum has three or five more or less distinct brown bands. The legs are sometimes entirely rufous. The wings are opaline with brown spots. The larvae feed on Asteraceae, including Artemisia maritima and Artemisia vulgaris.
Ensina sonchi is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic . The head is light yellow head. Greenish body with yellow villae. The disc of the mesonotum is blackish. Black mesophragm. The legs and halteres are dirty yellow. Wings vitreous or opaline. Abdomen black: tergites tightly yellow at posterior margin with black villi; rufous sternites; Macrochaetes yellowish. Oviscapte black, apex and sides rufous, with fine, yellowish villi. -Long. : 3-3.5 mm. The larvae feed on the flower heads of Asteraceae.
Terellia is a subgenus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
