| Sphaeniscus | |
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| A specimen from Zimbabwe | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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]