Desmella clarinetta

Desmella clarinetta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Desmella
Species:	D. clarinetta
Binomial name
	Desmella clarinetta; (Munro, 1939)
Synonyms
	Paroxyna clarinettaMunro, 1939;

Last updated October 27, 2025

Desmella clarinetta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Desmella of the family Tephritidae.^[2]

Distribution

South Africa.

References

1 2 Munro, H.K. (1939). "Some new species of South African Trypetidae (Diptera), including one from Madagascar". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 2 (1): 139–153. Retrieved 13 March 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.

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[Munro1939-1] 1 2 Munro, H.K. (1939). "Some new species of South African Trypetidae (Diptera), including one from Madagascar". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 2 (1): 139–153. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[Norrbom1999-2] 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.

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