Metasphenisca gracilipes

Metasphenisca gracilipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephrellini
Genus:	Metasphenisca
Species:	M. gracilipes
Binomial name
Metasphenisca gracilipes (Loew, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
Trypeta gracilipes Loew, 1862 [1] Acidia cyclopica Bezzi, 1908 [2] Trypeta w-fuscum Enderlein, 1911 [3]

Metasphenisca gracilipes is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Metasphenisca of the family Tephritidae. ^[4]

Distribution

Egypt, Eritrea, South Africa.

References

1. Loew, H. (1862). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I.". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 6 (1 [= No. 141]): xxiv + 221.
2. Bezzi, M. (1908). "Ditteri Eritrei raccolti dal Dott. Andreini e dal Prof.Tellini. Parte Seconda. Diptera Cyclorrhapha". Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 39[1907]: 3–199. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
3. Enderlein, G. (1911). "Trypetiden-Studien". Zoologischer Jahrbücher (Syst.). 31: 407–460. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
4. 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.