Metasphenisca

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Metasphenisca
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Metasphenisca tetrachaeta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Tribe: Tephrellini
Genus: Metasphenisca
Hendel, 1914 [1]
Type species
Trypeta gracilipes
Loew, 1862 [2]
Synonyms
  • IsoconiaMunro, 1947 [3]

Metasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. [4] There are at least 25 described species in the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. Of these, 20 occur in the continental Afrotropics and two are confined to Madagascar; three species occur in the Arabian Peninsula. [5]

Species

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References

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