Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus

Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus
	Specimen in Zimbabwe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tephritidae
Subfamily:	Tephritinae
Tribe:	Tephrellini
Genus:	Sphaeniscus
Species:	S. sexmaculatus
Binomial name
	Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus; (Macquart, 1843)
Synonyms
	Urophora sexmaculata Macquart, 1843; Acidia melania Bezzi, 1908; Acidia melanicaShiraki, 1933; Ortalis sanctaemariae Bigot, 1860;

Last updated June 07, 2024

Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Sphaeniscus of the family Tephritidae.^[5]

Distribution

Sudan South to South Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius.

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References

1 2 Macquart, P. J. M. (1843). "Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus". Tome deuxieme.--3e partie. Roret, Paris: 304 pp., 36 pls.
↑ Bezzi, M. (1908). 6. Simuliidae, Bombyliidae, Empididae, Syrphidae, Tachinidae, Muscidae, Phycodromidae, Borboridae, Trypetidae, Ephydridae, Drosophilidae, Geomyzidae, Agromyzidae, Conopidae, p. 179-201. In L. Schultze, Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903-1905 mit Unterstutzung der Kgl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Erster Band: Systematik und Tiergeographie. IV. Insecta (Erste Serie). D. Diptera (1). 13. Jena: Denkschr. Med. Naturw. Ges.
↑ Shiraki, T. (1933). "A systematic study of Trypetidae in the Japanese Empire". Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture; Taihoku Imperial University. 8 (2): 1–509.
↑ Bigot, Jacques Marie Frangile (1860). "Diptères de Madagascar (suite et fin). Troisieme partie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3. (1859) 7: 533–558. Retrieved 27 January 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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[Macquart1843-1] 1 2 Macquart, P. J. M. (1843). "Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus". Tome deuxieme.--3e partie. Roret, Paris: 304 pp., 36 pls.

[Bezzi1908-2] Bezzi, M. (1908). 6. Simuliidae, Bombyliidae, Empididae, Syrphidae, Tachinidae, Muscidae, Phycodromidae, Borboridae, Trypetidae, Ephydridae, Drosophilidae, Geomyzidae, Agromyzidae, Conopidae, p. 179-201. In L. Schultze, Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903-1905 mit Unterstutzung der Kgl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Erster Band: Systematik und Tiergeographie. IV. Insecta (Erste Serie). D. Diptera (1). 13. Jena: Denkschr. Med. Naturw. Ges.

[Shiraki1933-3] Shiraki, T. (1933). "A systematic study of Trypetidae in the Japanese Empire". Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture; Taihoku Imperial University. 8 (2): 1–509.

[Bigot1860-4] Bigot, Jacques Marie Frangile (1860). "Diptères de Madagascar (suite et fin). Troisieme partie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3. (1859) 7: 533–558. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[Norrbom1999-5] 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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