Metasphenisca
Sign in to saveMetasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are at least 25 described species in the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. Of these, 20 occur in the continental Afrotropics and two are confined to Madagascar; three species occur in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Metasphenisca is a genus of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. There are at least 25 described species in the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. Of these, 20 occur in the continental Afrotropics and two are confined to Madagascar; three species occur in the Arabian Peninsula.
==Species== Metasphenisca atricomata Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca axilatra Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca bezziana (Enderlein, 1911) Metasphenisca bifaria Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca caeca (Bezzi, 1908) Metasphenisca discocephala Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca ghenti Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca gracilipes (Loew, 1862) Metasphenisca grandidieri (Bezzi, 1924) Metasphenisca haematopoda (Bezzi, 1924) Metasphenisca hazelae Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca interrupta (Munro, 1929) Metasphenisca longulior (Munro, 1929) Metasphenisca marmorea Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca micrura Hering, 1942 Metasphenisca negeviana (Freidberg, 1974) Metasphenisca nigricans (Wiedemann, 1830) Metasphenisca nigricosta (Bezzi, 1908) Metasphenisca nigriseta (Bezzi, 1924) Metasphenisca pallidifemur Hancock, 1991 Metasphenisca parallela Hering, 1935 Metasphenisca parilis Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1846) Metasphenisca reinhardi (Wiedemann, 1824) Metasphenisca rubida Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca spathuliniforma Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968 Metasphenisca tetrachaeta (Bezzi, 1918) Metasphenisca transilis Munro, 1947 Metasphenisca zernyi Hering, 1941