Metasphenisca tetrachaeta

Metasphenisca tetrachaeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephrellini
Genus:	Metasphenisca
Species:	M. tetrachaeta
Binomial name
	Metasphenisca tetrachaeta; (Bezzi, 1918)
Synonyms
	Aciura tetrachaeta Bezzi, 1924;

Last updated October 12, 2025

Metasphenisca tetrachaeta is a species of tephritids or fruit flies in the genus Metasphenisca of the family Tephritidae.^[2]

Distribution

Zambia, Zimbabwe, Congo, South Africa.

References

1 2 Bezzi, Mario (1918). "Notes on the Ethiopian fruit-flies of the family Trypaneidae, other than Dacus (s.l.) (Dipt.). --II". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 9: 13–46. Retrieved 5 February 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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[Bezzi1918-1] 1 2 Bezzi, Mario (1918). "Notes on the Ethiopian fruit-flies of the family Trypaneidae, other than Dacus (s.l.) (Dipt.). --II". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 9: 13–46. Retrieved 5 February 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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