| Sphaeniscus | |
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| A specimen from Zimbabwe | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephrellini |
| Genus: | Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Sphaeniscus brevicauda | |
| Synonyms | |
Sphaeniscus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. [5]
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Acrotaeniostola is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Actinoptera is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Metasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. 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.
Oedaspis is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Platensina is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tephritis is a genus of flies. It contains around 170 described species, making it the sixth largest genus in the family Tephritidae. Many more undescribed species are known from specimen collections. Tephritis occur throughout much of the world, but most are Palearctic. They can be found in a wide range of climate types, from hot semidesert to tundra. Most species inhabit the inflorescences of plants from several tribes in the family Asteraceae, and a few species cause galls to form.
Terellia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tomoplagia is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Urophora is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Myopites is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Noeeta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Oxyna is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are at least 20 described species in Oxyna.
Rhabdochaeta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tetreuaresta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Trupanea is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Dyseuaresta is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Eutreta is a genus of the family Tephritidae, better known as fruit flies.
Tephritini is a tribe of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are about 80 genera and some 1000 described species in Tephritini.