Pelmatops
Sign in to savePelmatops is a genus of tephritid fruit flies. They are sexually dimorphic, with females having shorter eye stalks than males. Eggs are usually laid in Rubus plants, wherein a larva usually lives within the stem of the plant until pupation.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTephritidae
Observations4
Groupinsecta
via GBIF · iNaturalist · CC0
Article
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Pelmatops is a genus of tephritid fruit flies. They are sexually dimorphic, with females having shorter eye stalks than males. Eggs are usually laid in Rubus plants, wherein a larva usually lives within the stem of the plant until pupation.
== Species == Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954 Pelmatops ichneumone Westwood, 1850