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Bactrocera

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Bactrocera

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Bactrocera is a large genus of tephritid fruit flies, with close to 500 species currently described and accepted.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyTephritidae
Observations recorded107,095

Bactrocera es un género numeroso de moscas de la fruta, familia Tephritidae, en la actualidad se han descrito más de 500 especies pertenecientes a este género.​

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,547
With media
385
Family
Tephritidae
Collections
USNM, QM, CSIRO, AM
Recorded in
Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tephritidae
Image
Bactrocera dorsalis.jpg
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taxon name
Bactrocera
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Bactrocera
Commons category
Bactrocera
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Systematics
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
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Bactrocera is a large genus of tephritid fruit flies, with close to 500 species currently described and accepted.

==Name== The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek bakter "rod" and kera "horn". thumb|right|Bactrocera sp. flies on an Anthurium inflorescence smelling of methyl eugenol

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