Metasphenisca | |
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Metasphenisca tetrachaeta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
Synonyms | |
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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]