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Tephritoidea

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The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. It has over 7,800 species, the majority of them in family Tephritidae.

Species

Superfamily

  1. PhylumArthropoda
  2. ClassInsecta
  3. OrderDiptera
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
1
Collections
UCSB
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Acalyptratae
Image
Physiphora alceae female.jpg
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Commons category
Tephritoidea
taxon rank
superfamily
taxon name
Tephritoidea
topic's main category
Category:Tephritoidea
taxon common name
ミバエ上科
diel cycle
diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Ecology
  • Phylogeny
  • Evolution
  • References
  • External links

The Tephritoidea are a superfamily of flies. It has over 7,800 species, the majority of them in family Tephritidae.

The following families are included: Ctenostylidae Eurygnathomyiidae Lonchaeidae - lance flies Pallopteridae — flutter flies Piophilidae — skippers Platystomatidae — signal flies Pyrgotidae Richardiidae Tephritidae — fruit flies Ulidiidae (Otitidae) — picture-winged flies

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tephritoidea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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