Diarrhegma

Diarrhegma
Diarrhegma modestum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Tribe:	Acanthonevrini
Genus:	Diarrhegma Bezzi, 1913

Diarrhegma is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are two species: ^[1]

• Diarrhegma modestum (Fabricius, 1805) - India, Sri Lanka
• Diarrhegma paritii (Doleschall, 1856) ^{[2] [3] [4]} - Southeast Asia - Vietnam, Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia (Java, Sumba) and southern Philippines Philippines (Mindanao, Palawan);

Males offer a nuptial feeding gift to females in courtship. The secrete a foamy material from the mouth onto a leaf substrate which attracts the female. The male copulates after the female accepts the gift and begins to feed on it. ^[5]

References

1. Hancock, David L. (2015). "A review of the tree, fig and fruit-infesting flies of the Aethiothemara, Diarrhegma, Dirioxa and Themaroides groups Of genera (Diptera: Tephritidae: Acanthonevrini)". Australian Entomologist. 42 (3): 107–126.
2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results" . Retrieved 2016-06-17.
3. "Diarrhegma - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
5. David, K.J.; Sachin, K.; Hancock, D. L.; Salini, S. (2022). "Mating trophallaxis in Diarrhegma modestum (Fabricius) (Diptera: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae)". Indian Entomologist. 3 (1): 27–28.