| Tanaica maculata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Tephritini |
| Genus: | Tanaica |
| Species: | T. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tanaica maculata Merz & Dawah, 2005 [1] | |
Tanaica maculata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Tanaica of the family Tephritidae. [1]
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila, which is often called the "common fruit fly". Nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly are categorized in almost 500 genera of the Tephritidae. Description, recategorization, and genetic analyses are constantly changing the taxonomy of this family. To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called peacock flies, in reference to their elaborate and colorful markings. The name comes from the Greek τεφρος, tephros, meaning "ash grey". They are found in all the biogeographic realms.
The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. It has over 7,800 species, the majority of them in family Tephritidae.
Bactrocera is a large genus of tephritid fruit flies, with close to 500 species currently described and accepted.
Hendrella is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Tanaica 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.
Urophora is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Dicheniotes is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Sphenella 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.
Dicheniotes multipunctatus is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Dicheniotes of the family Tephritidae.
Metasphenisca negeviana is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Metasphenisca of the family Tephritidae.
Stephanotrypeta vittata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Stephanotrypeta of the family Tephritidae.
Euarestella iphionae is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Euarestella of the family Tephritidae.
Goniurellia tridens is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Goniurellia of the family Tephritidae. Each wing of a Goniurellia tridens fly is transparent and bears a “precisely detailed image of an ant-like insect”.
Goniurellia spinifera is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Goniurellia of the family Tephritidae.
Sphenella setosa is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Sphenella of the family Tephritidae.
Tanaica pollinosa is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Tanaica of the family Tephritidae.
Trupanea pseudoamoena is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Trupanea of the family Tephritidae.