Carpophthoromyia
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Carpophthoromyia is a small Afrotropic
al genus
of picture-winged flies (Tephritidae
). They are usually darkly coloured and of medium size, and mostly develop in the fruit of various species of Drypetes
(Putranjivaceae
, formerly Euphorbiaceae
). Carpophthoromyia is closely related to Perilampsis
. There are 17 recognised species:
Afrotropic
The Afrotropic is one of the Earth's eight ecozones. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the southern and eastern fringes of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly...
al genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of picture-winged flies (Tephritidae
Tephritidae
Tephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as "fruit flies", the other family being Drosophilidae. Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila , which is often called the "common fruit fly". There are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid...
). They are usually darkly coloured and of medium size, and mostly develop in the fruit of various species of Drypetes
Drypetes
Drypetes is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae. It was previously put in family Euphorbiaceae, tribe Drypeteae and was the sole pantropical zoochorous genus of the family...
(Putranjivaceae
Putranjivaceae
The rosid family Putranjivaceae is composed of about 210 species of evergreen tropical trees distributed into 4 genera. Members of this family have 2-ranked coriaceous leaves, which, if fresh, typically have a radish-like or peppery taste. The flowers are fasciculate and usually small, and the...
, formerly Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....
). Carpophthoromyia is closely related to Perilampsis
Perilampsis
Perilampsis is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae....
. There are 17 recognised species:
- Carpophthoromyia debeckeri De Meyer, 2006
- Carpophthoromyia dimidiata Bezzi, 1924
- Carpophthoromyia dividua De Meyer, 2006
- Carpophthoromyia flavofasciata De Meyer, 2006
- Carpophthoromyia interrupta De Meyer, 2006
- Carpophthoromyia litterata (Munro, 1933)
- Carpophthoromyia nigribasis (Enderlein, 1920)
- Carpophthoromyia procera (Enderlein, 1920)
- Carpophthoromyia pseudotritea Bezzi, 1918
- Carpophthoromyia radulata De Meyer, 2006
- Carpophthoromyia schoutedeni De Meyer, 2006
- Carpophthoromyia scutellata (Walker, 1853)
- Carpophthoromyia speciosa Hancock, 1984
- Carpophthoromyia tessmanni (Enderlein, 1920)
- Carpophthoromyia tritea (Walker, 1849)
- Carpophthoromyia virgata De Meyer, 2006
- Carpophthoromyia vittata (Fabricius, 1794)