The Tephritinae are a subfamily of tephritid fruit flies.

Tephritinae
Female Urophora cardui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Tephritinae
Genera

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Diversity
211 genera, ca. 1860 species
Synonyms
  • Myopitinae
  • Urophorinae

Systematics

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The Tephritinae are grouped into 11 tribes:

Acrotaenia, Acrotaeniacantha, Acrotaeniostola, Baryplegma, Caenoriata, Euarestopsis, Neotaracia, Polionota, Pseudopolionota, Tetreuaresta and Tomoplagia.
Cecidocharella, Cecidochares, Hetschkomyia, Neorhagoletis, Ostracocoelia, Procecidochares, Procecidocharoides and Pyrgotoides.
Dithryca, Aciurina, Eurosta, Valentibulla, Liepana, Oedaspis, Oedoncus, Peronyma, Ptiloedaspis, Xenodorella, Hendrella and Placaciura.
Afreutreta, Cosmetothrix, Cryptotreta, Dictyotrypeta, Dracontomyia, Eutreta (subgenera Eutreta, Metatephritis and Setosigena), Laksyetsa, Merzomyia, Paracantha, Polymorphomyia, Pseudeutreta, Rachiptera, Stenopa, Strobelia, Tarchonanthea and Xanthomyia.
Asimoneura, Eurasimona, Goedenia, Inuromaesa, Myopites, Myopitora, Neomyopites, Rhynencina, Spinicosta, Stamnophora and Urophora.
Acidogona, Ensina, Hypenidium, Jamesomyia, Noeeta, Paracanthella and Trigonochorium.
Bactropota, Brachiopterna, Clematochaeta, Cordylopteryx, Eutretosoma, Heringomyia, Pararhabdochaeta, Rhabdochaeta, Rhochmopterum and Schistopterum.
Aciura, Afraciura, Bezzina (jun syn: Bezziella), Brachyaciura, Chipingomyia, Curticella, Dicheniotes, Dorycricus, Elaphromyia, Ghentia, Gymnaciura, Hyaloctoides, Katonaia, Malagaciura, Malaisinia, Manicomyia, Metasphenisca, Munroella, Namibiocesa, Ocnerioxyna, Oxyaciura, Paraciura, Paraspheniscoides, Paraspheniscus, Pediapelta, Perirhithrum, Platensina, Platomma, Pliomelaena, Psednometopum, Pseudafreutreta, Pterope, Sphaeniscus, Stephanotrypeta, Sundaresta, Tephraciura, Tephrelalis, Tephrella, Triandomelaena and Ypsilomena.
Acanthiophilus, Acronneus, Actinoptera, Allocraspeda, Antoxya, Axiothauma, Bevismyia, Brachydesis, Brachytrupanea, Campiglossa, Capitites, Celidosphenella, Collessomyia, Cooronga, Cryptophorellia, Dectodesis, Deroparia, Desmella, Dioxyna, Donara, Dyseuaresta, Elgonina, Euaresta, Euarestella, Euarestoides, Euryphalara, Euthauma, Freidbergia, Goniurellia, Gymnosagena, Heringina, Homoeothrix, Homoeotricha, Hyalopeza, Hyalotephritis (syn: Tephritites), Insizwa, Lamproxyna, Lamproxynella, Lethyna, Marriottella, Mastigolina, Mesoclanis, Migmella, Multireticula, Namwambina, Neosphaeniscus, Neotephritis, Oedosphenella, Orotava, Orthocanthoides, Oxyna, Oxyparna, Pangasella, Paraactinoptera, Parafreutreta, Parahyalopeza, Paraspathulina, Paratephritis, Peneparoxyna, Peratomixis, Phaeogramma, Pherothrinax, Plaumannimyia, Pseudoedaspis, Ptosanthus, Quasicooronga, Scedella, Soraida, Spathulina, Sphenella, Stelladesis, Tanaica, Telaletes, Tephritis, Tephritomyia, Tephritoresta, Tephrodesis, Trupanea, Trupanodesis, Trypanaresta and Xanthaciura.
Chaetorellia, Chaetostomella, Craspedoxantha, Neaspilota (subgenera Footerellia, Neaspilota and Neorellia), Orellia and Terellia (subgenera Cerajocera and Terellia).
Epochrinopsis, Gymnocarena, Icterica, Ictericodes and Xyphosia.

25 species in four genera are not included in any of the above tribes. These incertae sedis genera are:

Acinia, Lilloaciura, Rhithrum and Tanaodema.

Other genera include:

Chejuparia, Mimosophira,

References

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