Euthauma ghentianum

Euthauma ghentianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephritini
Genus:	Euthauma
Species:	E. ghentianum
Binomial name
	Euthauma ghentianum; Munro, 1949

Last updated October 27, 2025

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

E. ghentianum induces galls on the stems of Schistostephium crataegifolium which vary in size and shape. On main stems they are elongate and spindle shaped, about 20-25mm long and 5-7mm wide, and the stem grows past the gall. The galls become globose and the shoot ceases to grow when on side shoots.^[1]

Distribution

South Africa.

References

1 2 Munro, H.K. (1949). "A new gall-forming trypetid from South Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 12: 130–133. Retrieved 1 April 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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[Munro1949-1] 1 2 Munro, H.K. (1949). "A new gall-forming trypetid from South Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 12: 130–133. Retrieved 1 April 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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