| Rhagoletis | |
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| Rhagoletis cerasi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Trypetinae |
| Tribe: | Carpomyini |
| Subtribe: | Carpomyina |
| Genus: | Rhagoletis Loew, 1862 |
| Species | |
many others | |
| Diversity | |
| ca. 70 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 species.
The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider.
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